alone am a whole population! “Remember your oath!” Indeed. I am the disruptive force unleashed across the centuries. I limit expectations . . . including my own. I dampen the pendulum. “And then release it. Never forget that.” I am tired. Oh, how tired I am. If only I could sleep . . . really sleep. “You’re full of self-pity, too.” Why not? What am I? The ultimate loner forced to look at what might have been. Every day I look at it . . . and now. Hwi!
