Rudolph's patience was good, and he faithfully fulfilled his obligations as a friend. One of the key things that makes friendship precious is that it allows us to enjoy the happiness of being heard. Friends who are good listeners don't take the opportunity to preach. Friends who are good listeners do not criticize and blame because of disagreements. With a listening friend by our side, we have a very happy experience.

Chloe ignored the silence of the other party, and ignored the occasion today, and spoke to herself. Rudolph didn't grasp any useful information, but a reverie flooded his mind.

"Life is like a long river of tranquility, and I don't see a single wave in my life."

"Flowing water does not compete for the first, but strives endlessly." Rudolph wanted to correct her outlook on life, and he couldn't help but think of the soldiers in the trenches, the refugees who slept in the open along the way, and the workers in the factories who did not have enough to eat.

The fate of these people is even more helpless, they never complain, because life is also the burden of survival, which has made it difficult for them to breathe.

"A civilized society is about allowing people to live in any way." Chloe seems to be a little dissatisfied with his outlook on life.

Rudolph wanted to laugh a little, her life was worry-free, and what she pursued was ideals, which were more close to fantasy. Her life is elegant, and even when she talks, she has a heart to embellish her rhetoric and say those philosophical aphorisms.

Rudolph wanted to tell her about the lives of the masses, but he gave up. Chloe has trouble understanding survival, the people at her feet. Like an old woman who has lost her son on her land, crying while still picking up ears of rice in the field, Chloe will secretly feel sad, and she will also sigh unabashedly: "It's really heartless." ”

"Have you ever seen someone like this?" Rudolph still couldn't hold back, her idea was too naïve.

Chloe did not answer, such a person was nowhere to be found. But she seems to be dissatisfied with Rudolph's attitude, feeling that he has not fulfilled his duty as a confidant.

"You can't ask me that, your life is perfect."

"No one is perfect."

"Your pursuits are too noble, and your life is wonderful enough."

"40% of life is unconscious, the remaining 60% is mostly made up of boredom and exhaustion, and the really exciting part may be less than 5%. It's true for everyone, and I'm no exception. Rudolph was so shocked that his image was a little too grandiose.

"And I didn't, but that's what life is. Hope is fire, disappointment is smoke, and life is all about lighting a fire and smoking at the same time. ”

Rudolph smiled, it seems that her philosophy is good.

"Then please have more hope and less disappointment."

"Thank you, I had very little hope and I was not disappointed. You can listen to me, and I feel so much better. Celebrate not for praise, but to remind us not to forget to love and be loved, just as you love this country. ”

"There is no worship without distance. After knowing each other for so many years, do you still have a sense of distance from me? Fanny. ”

"There used to be none, but now it seems to be. I admire your courage in holding on to the lonely city, which is a fearlessness that I can hardly imagine. ”

"What kind of person am I in your heart?"

"A hero, a sword-fighting general, and a close friend of mine."

"Since we're friends, can I confide in you?"

"Of course."

"I have my own troubles."

"I want to hear about it."

"The collapse that can't be hidden is just a scar, and the collapse that is hidden is a medal. My honor, which the world praises, is my fear. I have fearlessly stepped on the most dangerous battlefields, and I have thought about retreating, but I am in control not only of my destiny, but also of an army and even a country. ”

"Emotions pushed me to make a choice, and while it turned out to be good, at the time, I could barely bear it." Rudolph tells his story, about his own psychological changes.

Chloe immediately corrected, "But you have at least done it, proving that your strength has triumphed over cowardice." ”

Rudolph felt that he might have been traumatized psychologically, and in fact, all those who returned from the battlefield would have psychological problems to a greater or lesser extent.

Viennese officers had scoffed at Freud's work, but now they had to look to his writings for the vocabulary to define the myriad mental illnesses. And Rudolph's mental trauma comes not only from the battlefield, but also from the future of the world.

"I've never been used to it, I'm afraid of war, I'm not a qualified soldier." Rudolph is not shocking, and he dies endlessly.

Chloe couldn't imagine that a hero, a general, would say such a thing.

Chloe didn't speak, she waited for Rudolph's explanation.

"It's hard for me to say that. First of all, I'm not completely sure of victory. ”

"No one can guarantee victory." Chloe comforted him.

"I might." Rudolph smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Of course you can, everybody believes in you."

"Do you know what kind of opponent we face?"

"Russia, France, England, and Serbia."

"Do you think we can win?"

"Of course, we are strong, and our allies are strong." Chloe gave the most standard answer.

"We are fighting against the whole world, and on paper the enemy is twice as strong as us."

"You can't say something like that, your judgment is baseless. As a military man, you need to take responsibility for victory, I believe in you, the country and the people believe in you. Chloe didn't understand where his pessimism came from.

"The future is full of possibilities, and we can't simply digitize this complex game." Rudolph admitted his arbitrariness.

"You may not understand it from a military and political point of view, but I can try to explain it from a philosophical point of view."

"Huh? I'm willing to listen. Chloe seemed intrigued.

"The law is objective and universal, and the strength of the enemy is stronger than ours."

"I agree with this view, but I also insist on the agency of consciousness."

Rudolph felt that he might have spied on Chloe's thoughts, "Of course, that's why we chose war, and the outcome is up to everyone. ”

"It's more up to your heart." Chloe added.

"You prefer to believe in the idealist theory that consciousness determines matter."

"Hmm." Chloe hesitated for a moment, "Maybe yes, after all, there are so many incredible things. ”

"Well, let's not discuss the esoteric question of whether the world is materialistic or idealistic. In short, I just don't see hope for a while, because materialism is more real and scientific, and matter determines consciousness, which is an objective truth. Rudolph said sadly, how difficult it is to change the world single-handedly.

"Am I the first to hear these words?" Chloe asked a strange question.

"And the only one." Rudolph's eyes were like torches, like a thinking wise man.

"It seems that we are all suffering from the same disease, we are all running away from the future, we are all hiding in our own hearts."

Rudolph spoke in a low tone, "The contemplative man has a goal, but the fantasizing man does not. I'm not going to run away from the future. ”