"Bane: Come closer to me

fire and ice mix together inside.

After all, if you just toss out all the possibilities

you rule out the pain and torture that he went through…

You'll still end up with the same thing.

No matter how you modify the ingredients,

and no matter how hard you try to change the ineffable truth,

no matter how hard you work to attain a new goal,

no matter the amount of trial, error, and work you put in,

you will never get it until you are deemed ready to do so…"

And then the master said the most profound statement I have ever heard…

"If a man is only a man, then why must he aim to be a man?

Why can he not aim further, why can he not attain higher status?"

Or so my ears allowed me to hear.

At the cost of my own deception, I gathered an answer…

"Only as long as you follow the proper path will the answer ever remain unevident,

For even the most enlightened lose touch with themselves once they reach truth."