When her "teacher" finally stopped speaking, Key found herself opening her eyes, and gave her own answer to his question, "When I think of peace..." she paused, trying to phrase her answer in the correct way. "I think of family. The warmth and unconditional love it gives you."

"The positive end of this is that you can find family in anyone, not just someone who is related to you by blood. In any situation, you can find people who fill you with that sensation. I think that it is something we all strive to feel."

Key paused again, longer this time, and closed her eyes. This part of her answer was the hardest to say. "The negative end of my definition... is that it is easy to lose these people. Time will always take them away from you. Always." When she opened her eyes again, they were distant and filled with loss, but it was gone after a second and then she was smiling. "But even so, you have to keep making those connections." This was true. However, it was not something she actually did. After all her lives, she'd learned that often it was better to keep to herself instead of losing the people she cared about. Despite that, she said, "That is what I've learned."