At the beginning, it was Stephen's monologue, which was a bit long-winded.
The cooperation between the two people is very tacit, each has a division of labor, and each has his own strengths. Maxim is frank and fraternally close to Stephen, who feels safe and free in a relationship that requires nothing more than listening and no equal exchange of information.
"I'm not a gregarious person. I like to be accompanied by men, and of course women."
In addition to Maxim, there is also a female companion who can talk about everything but has nothing to do with the situation. He is very busy with work but never gets bored. Stephen's The balance of life is almost boring.
He seems to be insulated from emotions, and even jealousy doesn't seem to exist. But after meeting Maxim's new girlfriend Camille, he seems to be tempted.
This girl always simply keeps her hair behind her head, either in a ponytail or in a braid. Her clean forehead and face make her unbelievably beautiful. Such a clean face can shine even in the simplest clothes. . In the words of Vincent (should be Ma & Si's teacher), "strong, graceful, keeping a distance from people, but with a true temperament". Beauty is just her casual coat, her seriousness and passion for her work allows her to fully show her true side in her performances.
So beautiful, it's no wonder that Maxim, who was almost desperate for a woman, also moved his true feelings, willing to fall into "healthy exhaustion" for her, and even planned his future life.
In the process of contact, Maxim inadvertently began to pay attention to Camille.
Because of his gaze, Camille couldn't even concentrate during rehearsals. The disturbing stare may have caused a tinge of disgust at first, but in the conversation that followed, Camille found it easy to open up to Stephen, who said he never had an opinion of his own, but he Able to extract the key points from the narrator's eager and somewhat ill-structured narrative, and guide the conversation to the most important part and draw the most appropriate conclusions. To be precise, Stephen was able to deepen the conversation, and his superb skills and keen sense of voice also gave her the necessary help and pertinent guidance, which made Camille could not help seeing him as a bosom friend.
In fact, they do have many similarities. They are serious about their work, almost pouring their souls into them. Moreover, they have similar eyes, firm and focused.
And, he said, "I love watching you talk."
So things took a subtle turn, and Stephen's sincere attention made Camille involuntarily drawn to him, "When he's there, he's there. Then suddenly It's as if I don't exist anymore." Camille's passion exploded with Stephen's presence, and everything was wonderful.
But Maxim was completely unaware of all this happening. He was busy and only hoped that his friends and lovers could get along happily, without any defense. When he found out, there was no way to stop it, and he didn't want to stop it. Instead, he generously urged the pair of people he loved the most to be together.
But unexpectedly, Camille's confession was ruthlessly rejected, and Stephen's confession was simply stunning. Not only did he stress that he never loved Camille from beginning to end, he was not friends with Maxim. He said that being a partner only because of similar interests, not a friend, makes the person feel unreasonably cold-blooded.
Why is he so afraid to accept a sincere relationship? The panic in his eyes seemed to give the answer when he saw the rude and discredited quarrel between his teacher and his wife: he was afraid that the inevitable quarrel in marriage would break his fortress of silence and safety.
In the end, it was Camille who saw the clue. It turned out that she only attracted attention because she was loved, so she was relieved, but she couldn't help but feel sorry for this person who had no hope of getting a response.
Stephen: "The only one, I've been thinking about it for a long time." He was always sober and frank, although this "joy to be clear" almost destroyed everything.
He is very real, but sometimes he doesn't care about other people's feelings at all, and even hurts people. This has become capricious and intolerable.
And Maxim said a long time ago in response to Camille's inquiry: "I didn't try to defend him, I just accepted him."
Perhaps the natural tacit understanding between the same sex is what Stephen loves. The luckiest is Maxim, who is always the focus of love without knowing it at all.
In fact, the answer has been foreshadowed from the beginning, "He is above the debate", if he does not have to answer, he can say nothing. Sadly speaking like Stephen, but in a large monologue, the subject is always: Maxim.
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