choice

When once, through my treachery, it had been necessary to him to make a choice (...)
His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares and traps and treacheries.
My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people.
Beyond all people in the world.
Now we are joined together and have been... and no one to help either one of us.

(The old man and the sea - Ernest Hemingway)