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[Putting the book he had been thumbing through back in its rightful place on the shelf, Jean-Luc steps closer to the table where Angel sits.]
As one who has often found himself facing what seems a certain dead end, so to speak, I remind myself of the quote from Ralph Waldo Emmerson in which he says "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.". There is always a way although finding the way may require creating and traipsing through many a path that dead ends.