Deric, I just want to say, after all these years, how I had *such* a huge crush on you, I had a shrine made up of pictures of you in my bedroom with a mirror behind the pictures and candles in front of the mirror, and... hey, where are you going? Don't run!
Sorry, that's not me, that's a picture of Eddie Willis. He just started at boarding school and his new roommate gave him that t-shirt. He wears it everywhere!
So, I've been too busy being a wealthy billionaire lately to spend much time on Barbelith. I dropped by a few weeks ago because I was contacted by a manga conglomerate out of Tai Pei who wanted to purchase Asian distribution rights to the Barbelith code matrix. They said something about marketing a line of warrior 'bots as avatars of the Policy. Frankly, their interest baffles me.
Here's my ticket. Gods, I'm nervous. I'm late, too, so everyone will notice me coming in... okay, entity, get a hold of yourself, man. This is me breathing...