Call it not paranoia, but caution.
The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free.
Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.
Everything else was in the past, and the past no longer mattered.
I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook.
I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs.