Another random thought: Are you happy?

There's this co-worker of mine, I don't know much about him but to how his manner to and how he treats others, he's a good man. Thing is, I find him unhappy. Or at least, I find the situation he is in sad. But every time I see him at work, he has this smile that somehow denies my thought. He's a funny person, kind and respectful to others and is diligent in work. But to how he is treated by his wife, is the total opposite.

Well, if you've heard of battered wife, his a battered husband. We, his co-workers, have the same idea that there is no reason for him to stay with her. We are all baffled as to what he found in her. But he's the newest in our little circle so we have a bit of trouble communicating with him up in a personal serious talk.

I wanted to ask him if he is happy thought but I might offend him. About that, other than his good quality, he's a bit sensitive so I got to watch what I would want to say to him. But anyhow, I haven't yet asked him this question. By my guess, he'll just shrug my question with a joke. To be honest, my question is a very serious one and this co-worker of mine don't go with heavy flows.

Also, remember the game I talked about, The Legend of Mana, there is this one quest there, it's of four friends: One of them is a priestess, one is a warrior, one is the priestess's servant and one a demon. Long story short, the priestess is dying due to the fact that the demon has stolen her powers, and her friend, the servant came to my character asking to accompany her to one of the Wisdom for some advice.

We went to the Wisdom, the servant ask what to do, her friend is dying because a demon stole her power. The Wisdom answered, "Do what your friend asks you to do." The servant replied, she didn't asked me to do anything, she's just accepting what will happen to her. The Wisdom then said, that that is also what her friend wanted her to do, to accept what will happen. Of course being like a little sister to the priestess, she couldn't accept it fully but have conceded with the advice and implored no more. She gave me a ForbiddenRing as a reward though, a pretty neat ring.

Well, anyway, back to our dilemma, perhaps that's what our co-worker's decision, to accept what will happen. So we'll just have to accept it. Question now, does he already considers us friends or just co-workers?