"Can you see?", I said to them.
"Of course not!", they replied, still embittered.
"Did you try?", said I.
"Now what would I do that for!?"
...
"For your future."
"There is no future."
"And yet, here we are."
"Can you hear?"
"Why would I be able to hear?"
...
"For your past."
"The past is but a myth."
"And yet, you are who you are."
"Can you taste?"
"I only taste victory."
"And yet, I read defeat on your lips."
"Can you smell?"
"There's only one scent I like."
"And yet, you have breathed in nothing."
"Can you think?"
"Only in dreams."
"And yet, you ponder these words now."