“I think I might actually be happy,” Rumi says. “It’s not all the time. God knows, I’m not that evolved. But when I am, I just am, and it’s so much simpler than I thought it would be.” His voice changes again, turns the slightest bit more vulnerable. “But it didn’t happen until I stopped being afraid, Miru. Until I stopped believing everything I’d been taught about myself. It didn’t happen until I learned to follow my heart. It’s terrifying, but you have to learn to listen to what your heart is saying.”
