The Elder One<\/strong>, who continues to do background work in uploads, edits, and corrections to my train-wrecks, even while managing his own creative writing and other issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Both VadderDarth <\/strong>and TheNamelessWele<\/strong> in the Discord chat for work on artistic elements, emoji, and ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jim <\/strong>and Sevoris <\/strong>for the official design of Shepard’s and Aethtya’s warp swords: <\/p>\n\n\n\n The usual triumvirate of Comma<\/strong>, Jacob <\/strong>and Metaladdict <\/strong>for advice, ideas and support. All of them have gone through some shit IRL and yet continue to help, assist other members, and basically be bros. Extra <\/em>props to Comma for doing all the moderation of the Discord chat, which as of today has 134 members, many of whom are completely insane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Quentin<\/strong>, Bish09<\/strong>, and Burnsidhe <\/strong>for critical changes and ideas that I used in shaping the fic this year. Each of these has been extremely useful and evocative — and made me think on other things, down the line that have shifted the story line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seras<\/strong>, Nagato<\/strong>, and Kaikono <\/strong>for being supportive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone <\/strong>who participated in reviews, comments, well wishes, DM’s on Discord, PM’s on FF.net and emails — thank you. I don’t write for reviews, I don’t write for ego, and I don’t write to be praised. I write for the simple reason that I want to make people be able to lose themselves from the real world for a while, and to remind you that just because things are dark doesn’t mean they always will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you for reading my work. Thank you for giving me a focus. Thank you for being yourselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Author’s Note I left at the top of the last chapter bears repeating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Often I am asked why evil flourishes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Evil\n is merely the lack of empathy and the belief that love and hope are \nempty words. There are those who embrace the darkness within, who \nhonestly believe that mercy is weakness and that to love one another is \nimpossible \u2013 due to politics, or to conflict between our species, or \nthat it is merely na\u00efve.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Yet \nfor all the power of evil \u2013 death, darkness, greed, cruelty, and lies \u2013 \nyou will find these are transitory, and lead to the undoing of those who\n espouse them. Death is simply a part of life. To fear it is to miss the\n point of living as fully and as joyfully as one can in their span. \nPain, greed, and cruelty are opportunities, a chance to show that mercy,\n love, and kindness are real. Lies are merely the tyranny of evil beings\n over those who would bring them down if they knew the truth, and will \nalways falter in time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘None \nof these evils can match the laughter of a child. They cannot match the \nbeauty of the moon-rise, or the glory of the sun. No material wealth is \nas potent or fulfilling as the warmth of a lover’s embrace in passion. \nNo greedy and cruel leader can steal from you the ability to show love \nand to share hope.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘It is only\n in those who have given up the fight that evil wins. And as long as I \ndraw breath and live, I will never bow to its demands, nor fear its \nlash.’<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n -Matriarch Uressa T’Shora, ‘On Light Reflected,’ a commentary of her actions at the end of the First Contact War\/Relay 314 Incident<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a blessed holiday season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Redid the next chapter after the Editing Gang shot down draft one, and its with them now. I do not have a good ETA on when they’ll be done with it, but since in theory some parts have already been fixed the goal is to get it out the door before New Year’s Day. Today … Continue reading The FINAL CODA of 2019: NEXT CHAPTER WITH THE EDITING GANG<\/span> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/logicalpremise.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image.png\")
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