... everything written is at least in part fantasy. Except maybe the national budget. That's horror.

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.

Evil working in subtler fashion; marriages that proved to be no more then legalized slavery, and the careful manipulation of a bright and sensitive mind until its owner truly believed with all her heart in her own worthlessness. Betrayal, not once, but many times over.

Doctor MacKenzie says "Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were suppose to be in full mourning, dress in nothing but black, for a whole year. Then you went into something they called 'half mourning' for another full year, adn during those two years, you were pretty much expected to have emotional breakdowns, you could do it whenever you felt you needed to, and everybody would support you. Now?, A month after a tragedy, maybe two, and you're expected to be all better-or down pills so you can pretend you are.

Three things know a secret- First; the lady in a dream, The dog that barks no warning, And a maid that does not scream.

Three things never trust in- The maiden sworn as pure, The vows a king has given, And an ambush that is sure.

Pretend long enough that you belong, and eventually even you will believe it." - Gallen