I Felt Like I'd Been Misplaced In

Knowledge Comes As It Will. Life's Lessons Come At The Most Surprising Times.

Sometimes, It Is Necessary To Step Beyond What You Have Known And To Reach For Something More.

His Face Set In Grim Determination, Richard Slogged Ahead, His Fingers Reaching Up To Touch The Tooth Under His Shirt. Loneliness, Deeper Than He Had Never Known, Sagged His Shoulders. All His Friends Were Lost To Him. He Knew Now That His Life Was Not His Own. It Belonged To His Duty, To His Task. He Was The Seeker. Nothing More. Nothing Less. Not His Own Man, But A Pawn To Be Used By Others. A Tool, Same As His Sword, To Help Others, That They Might Have The Life He Had Only Glimpsed For A Twinkling. He Was No Different From The Dark Things In The Boundary. A Bringer Of Death.

Intent Is Guilt. Failure To Successfully Carry Out The Intent Does Not Absolve The Guilt.

I Hate Telling That Story To People Who've Been Struggling For Years.