There is a banner at the top of this page. Inscribed there is an inescapable truth-
 
The world is a tragic place. Life is not for the faint of heart.
 
I have uttered these words countless times and received the full range of responses from solemn acknowledgement to angry retort, but I have never seen those words [...]

Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Zsallia
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Chapter 15
 
Circa 1100 BCE
“I don’t understand why we’re following them.”
“Because we can’t stay out here on our own forever.”
Attuz looked at me with doubt, but at eleven years old he was not about to challenge me on this. Another couple of years down the line, maybe, but not now. In the three winters since our [...]

Posted on July 18th, 2007 by Zsallia
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Chapter 14 
Ann Arbor, December 2004 CE
 “You’re right, it is a nice city,” she said, as I pulled us into the parking structure a block or so from the restaurant. Yeah, downtown
Ann Arbor was beautiful, especially since it was Christmastime. The city had put up soft white lights to decorate its many trees, which added a [...]

Posted on July 8th, 2007 by Zsallia
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