Jury of Owls
After nearly three hours, Xiao Niao still stands before the Jury of Owls in the same state of near-undress as he had been when they found him with the professor's body. For the first hour, he is interrogated nonstop. To his distinct surprise, the...
False Start
_Now_ Football was, in a word, tiring. Many would consider the sport just a game, but when one took into account all of the work that went into learning the game--the rules, the plays, not to mention actually _playing_ the game and becoming good...
Pondering and Painted Fields
I sat beside Berthold with growing discomfort as I watched him paint the nude fox that lay on his couch. I had no right to be jealous, and I was painfully aware of that fact. However, I was also aware that no matter how I tried to rationalize my...