Even mocking people helped their face stats. In the reputation economy, the only real way to hurt anyone was to ignore them completely. And it was pretty hard to ignore someone who made your blood boil.

Come on, it's almost midnight. Let's go watch them cut the cake.

Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.

Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.

And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.

It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.

maybe when you look at your face 50 times its really not that interesting anymore