[ Matt breathes a sigh of relief as Sebastian leads them to the edge of the dance floor. It's fun, the intense conversation notwithstanding--but it's definitely work. Though at the same time, he feels a slight pang as they pull away from each other, even just by the inches necessary to transition from dancing to walking. Matt's posture relaxes a little as they go, and he makes no move to extricate their hands. ]

Everyone, [ he confirms. He doesn't necessarily sound pleased as he says it, nor amorous in any recognizable way. His emotions are cloudy. There's a hint of sadness, of uncertainty, tendrils of feeling weaving together and then unweaving. At his center, though, there's a quiet that almost feels like peace. ] There are a lot of different kinds of love, of course--eros is the one we think of a lot of the time, but there's also agape. Spiritual love, sacrificial love. And terms like ishq that kind of blend the two.

What I'm thinking of would be ... as close as I can get to the concept of bhakti. Love for all creation.