Fate is an obligation I don't understand--the reasons that random beast passed over her deserving soul in favor of mine.

When it's all over, you'll realize that the answer is already within you.

Too many things have changed. Too much time has passed. I'm different now, a man with a pocketful of unconnected but terribly vivid memories. I was looking to dredge up what I'd long forgotten. Most of all, I am wishing for something to fasten all these gems, maybe something to hold them in a continuity that I can comprehend.