There is a very old story among my people where a person is in the fog, walking to their destination, and a second person joins them. The two people begin a conversation (quiet of course) in the whiteness of the fog, and part ways without anyone knowing which of the people belongs to the right time and presence of the audience. The lesson is, "There are three steps between Heaven and Earth, and in the Thin Spaces, even less."

And no matter how much I tried to change this story, this is what came out: A short story that gives us a glimpse of the quiet mentor that taught Lestrade the gentleness that rests in true strength. I confess I didn't have the words (just the concept) until I read Peter Cullen's interview. He is known as the voice of Eyore, but he is the fondest of the role of Optimus Prime because his older brother, a Viet Nam vet, told him on the way to his interview as the voice for the TRANFORMERS: "Be strong enough to be gentle." That is an amazingly clear philosophy.

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