A very simple question

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'A very simple question, but everyone finds it hard to answer. 
What is next to ecstasy?' he asked her.

She looked at him for a while, then said, ‘Pain.’

'And what is next to pain?' he shot another question at her.

'Nothingness.'

'What is next to nothingness?' he asked in his typical style.

'Hell,' she replied.

'What is next to hell?'
she watched him in silence.

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What is next to hell?'he repeated.

'Aren't you afraid?' He heard her query in an unfamiliar tone.

'Afraid of what?' he was surprised.

'Of hell — the place which has nothing ahead… everything is left behind. What remains after being condemned and destroyed that is worth your knowing?'  she asked sadly.

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