Renegade

Has as a commentary on the text

Canonical title

Renegade

Original publication date

2006

Epigraph

For we are abandoned, like children lost in the wood. When you stand before me, and look at me, what do you know of the pains that are in me, and what do I know of yours? And if I were to prostrate myself before you, and we... (show all)ep and talk, would you know any more about me than you know about hell when someone tells you that it is hot and fearsome? For this reason alone we human beings should stand before one another with as much respect, as much sympathy, and as much love as if we were standing before the gates of hell.
--Franz Kafka

Dedication

For Kathryn Wilham and Shira Broschat

First words

It had been a tough, sometimes desperate year, but for many in the Pacific Northwest Free Zone in the summer of 2077, life had become comfortable enough to bathe the future in a glow of rosy expectations.

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)This was one of the lessons learned on s'beyl - and one we are in no danger of forgetting any time soon.