BLUE PLANET

LOVE AND FALL IN LOVE

“Love...?” Venera mentioned the word awkwardly.

Queen Ishtar nodded, and leaned back on the large chair she was sitting on.

“Love, Venera, is a condition where you have a very large amount of love for other creatures that are indeed your core-cell mates" Queen Ishtar said.

Venera had just opened her mouth to ask what the cell-core pair meant. But Queen Ishtar immediately raised her palm slightly, gesturing for Venera to remain silent and listen.

"And the process of liking a very large number is called 'falling in love'" continued the queen.

Venera kept silent listening.

“The feeling of love that has actually existed from the beginning and is sealed tightly in the heart of every paired being, can be triggered by many things. To you, Venera, the trigger was the moment you almost fell off a cliff above a waterfall pool at that time" Queen Ishtar continued.

Venera.

That terrible event is a trigger for love? Venera couldn't understand.

Queen Ishtar continued.

"When you see that you are in a state of urgency, Marxists immediately run up the hill to help you, right? There you can feel his strong power lifting you off the edge of the cliff, and then taking you to safety. You also see his concern and concern for your condition after the incident. He asked about your situation, then helped dry your body, didn't he?" ask Queen Ishtar.

"Right, Your Majesty," Venera replied with a hint of embarrassment. It turned out that the queen could see in detail everything that was happening inside the park.

"And that's it, Venera, who has kept your love seal open, and you're starting to fall in love. The change in your feelings was obvious when I visited the Eosphorus Hall that night" Queen Ishtar said.

Suddenly Venera's memory rotated quickly, re-circulating all the events he experienced concerning Marxists.

"Then on the next occasion," continued the queen, "every time you recall all the pleasant things that you have been through with the Marxists, your body will have a reaction, and you will have a reaction, what you defined as pain."

"But I'm sorry, Your Majesty. How can pleasure feel like pain?" asked Venera not to understand.

Queen Ishtar smiled, and advanced her body, drawing closer to Venera.

"The feeling you think the pain is, Venera, is actually the 'excessive, overflowing liking' that your mind misinterprets. Because it is a new activity in the body that you do not recognize yet" explained Queen Ishtar.

"I still don't understand, Your Majesty," Venera said.

Queen Ishtar smiled again. "When you're near a Marxist, or even when you're just thinking about a Marxist in your head, a sense of nervousness will come up inside you. Wh why? Because of how much you love him, you feel you have to look perfect all the time. Don't want to make the slightest mistake, don't want to look bad, don't want to look weird, and don't want to make him dislike you. You also want your relationship with Marxists to go well without obstacles, and do not want to experience unpleasant things with him. Well, these feelings then trigger your brain to activate a danger sign."

Venera raised her eyebrows. "Brain... Think the body is in danger?"

"Yes, Venera." Queen Ishtar nodded. "The feeling of being on guard so as not to make a mistake and the fear of unpleasant things happening, is detected as a sign of danger to the body. Then the danger sign that appears, will directly increase the hormone adrenaline in the body. It is this hormone that makes your heart beat faster, the muscles in your body tighten, and your blood flows faster from various places to your lungs. And one of the parts of the body where large amounts of blood are drawn is the stomach area. That's what caused you to feel a strange stir, as if there was a creature moving around in your stomach."

Venera frowned. Trying hard to follow the queen's explanation while guessing the meaning of various new terms that have never been heard.

So, the pain that always comes suddenly, which I initially thought was the result of being shocked because of a stressful event, and after that I guess because my body was exposed to poison, it was actually caused by... because at that time I was thinking Marxists?

"Regarding your explosive anger to the point of wanting to cry, it happened when you had an argument with a Marxist about his absence in the park back then, didn't it?" ask Queen Ishtar.

Venera nodded. "Yes, Your Majesty,"

"It is because of your love for Marxists, my Son," Queen Ishtar said softly. "The feeling of love makes you always want to be noticed by him at all times. So that when the Marxist escapes just once, you will feel that he has ignored you. And then you feel a lot of emotion in him, thinking Marxists don't care about you anymore."

Venera fell silent, pervading her own thoughts. Was that really how he felt at the time?

“Then,” continued The Queen, “about feeling lazy, weak, unable to think and act properly, as if your body refuses to carry out your brain commands, I suspect it all came about after you had a fight with the Marxists. Right?" ask Queen Ishtar.

Venera thought for a moment. Then he replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Queen Ishtar nodded.

"Your desire to discuss and solve problems with Marxists that you cannot do, makes you feel restless constantly, thus disturbing your concentration in doing daily activities. You become uninspired, and do not want to do anything other than what has to do with Marxism."

Venera nodded slowly. I think he's starting to understand.

“And the most important thing for you to know, Venera," said Queen Ishtar in a stern voice, "you can't feel falling in love with your own kind.  So you don't feel the same way when you're with Vla. That is, you were wrong in concluding about this feeling of love earlier. The unnatural feelings you feel, the excessive emotions, the desire to rage, and the desire to cry, all arise because in fact you are much more Marxist than Vla. Very far away."

Venera. “Do you... Your Highness?”

Queen Ishtar nodded.

Venera pensively for a moment. Trying hard to digest back what he actually felt in his heart.

“And I'm sure your friends have also said that your face looks different, right?” ask Queen Ishtar.

“Ah.. yes, Your Majesty. Friends once said that," replied Venera.

“That's caused by the feeling of love you're feeling. What happens in the venusian heart, will also appear to the physical. Without realizing it, after you fill your mind with Marxist figures, you become more and more maintaining your body's daily attitude. For example, how to look at a friend's face, how to talk, how to walk, and others. All those changes do make you look different and look more beautiful overall" explained Queen Ishtar.

Venera recalled her conversation with her friends in the Rest Room back then. They say as if there is something they know and they do not know it.

Is it... about love?

"Well, then," continued the queen, "in love, there is usually a feeling of jealousy that accompanies.”

“Jealous? What is jealousy, Your Majesty?” ask Venera.