That girl...

Manfred hasn't spoken to me in a long time. i think he's off on one of his melancholy, "leave me alone and let me be" phases right now. He gets like that. it usually happens without warning. so i don't really know where he is right now. besides, i've been busy with someone else. There's this woman, Veronique, and she's been telling me her story and it's just hypnotic. And her voice......her voice seems so powerful, like a whisper fat-full with history and cities and torments, and she's just been nice enough to let me get it all down. So right now, i'm working with her, and i'm getting her story out. it'll be good. i promise. You'll love her. Everyone, at some point, does.