I have described myself as a tool numerous times, not as an insult, but as a label. I am to be a machine whose roll is to defeat all obstacles and enemies in my path. I am the one who walks forward, always advancing. I shall let nothing stall nor stop me. As I am an ever nearing, all consuming force.

But what good is a tool without power? If not for a battery, I would cease to operate. All great tools need a power source, for they only refine what energy we put into them. Who will be my battery? I use this analogy of tools and batteries to represent my idealized relationship. For as long as my partner were to keep me charged, I'd see to it that all obstacles before us would fall. A spring board, a cooperative force. Not only contributing but bringing out better from myself.

And is that not how it should be? Two people working together to better one another. A cooperative force that continues to grow because of itself. Albeit I worry with my analogy, since batteries may be drained. It's an ever present threat, the thought of one half overwhelming the other. We never wish to be responsible for hurting someone we care about. But batteries can be recharged and isn't it our goal as a tool to see to it to that we are responsive with our use?.