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Hello all, I hope you are in the most excellent of states this fine evening, and if not, I say to you truly: be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. That’s not a me quote, that is just from the literal Bible, specifically Romans 12:12, which in its simple reminders has helped me through terrible times in life. In my experience, all of the Bible does help in those darker times. Well, except for those odd, confusing verses one comes across from time to time, like Genesis 6:14,

“Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood; you must make the ark with rooms, then you must cover it with pitch, inside and outside.”

Why specifically Cypress wood? Did it have more waterproof properties than other wood? What’s the buoyancy level of various woods? Did the Lord truly need to specify the ark’s necessity for rooms? I would assume that would be a given. How often does God tell people to make arks, or further, boats in general? Should I learn how to make a boat, just in case?

Maybe verses like these require more thought in order to ascertain a level of meaning intended for one today. Or maybe they are just to show the detail the Lord took to certain things. I don’t know, I’m just some guy.

As a man of faith myself, I write with this on my mind in regards to the most recent installation of Opus Mortis: Fallen. Working on this story all that time ago was a challenge, as I wanted to tell a story with the matters of faith at hand, the imagery of angels and such, but certainly did not want to promote heresy in any way. A tender line to skirt, but I hope I do it justice throughout the tales of the Select Gaze of Gabriel. Regardless, I hope you enjoy the tales of the fantastical Scaramouche, and believe; this is only the beginning.

I do apologize for the, oh, what is it, just about Twenty-four hour delay in the launch of Fallen. Or is it Forty-eight? I cannot be bothered to do the math right now, I loathe mathematics. Anyways, apologies, yes. I was off on a week of travels; work-related, assuredly. It was a most enlightening trip, as it was paid to be, but I do believe I have returned a great deal more knowledgeable on that of which we use to restrict our views to the outside world with. I say we, but not all of us use these; I certainly don’t, I couldn’t afford the service, hell, I can barely afford a breakfast sandwich these days.

These ramblings may not make sense to you, and they may never, as I prefer to leave my qualms and musings cloaked in just a bit of mystery. Mwaha.

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Thank you, I speak wholeheartedly, thank you, to all who support my works and enjoy these stories.

– the scribe