E.C. A brilliant and handsome being, yet the way he speaks terrifies me—in silent whispers, in hushed tones, his voice kind but firm, his each and every word forcing me to think in quantities and time frames that my brain cannot comprehend. Like a drop of water in oceans mighty, a grain of fine sand on wave-swept shores, when he speaks, I realize the insignificance of everything that makes me me—my thoughts, ideologies, and beliefs. He makes me question the very meaning of existence.