Status Updates From Glorious Exploits

What in the world

“I’m pouring water in the desert, hoping flowers grow, what does it even matter if a few do, we’re fucked, and the music stops.”

“Those rats are the worst of everything under an indifferent sky, but the sound coming from the aulos, frail as it might be in comparison, well, that’s us, I say to myself, that’s us giving it a go, it’s us building shit, and singing songs, and cooking food, it’s kisses, and stories told over a winter fire, it’s decency, and all we’ll ever have to give.”

“and she listens, not just with her ears—you get the sense with Alekto that she’s listening with every part of her being, noting the movement of your eyes, the way you rest your hands, the little hesitations or shifts in voice. It’s fucking invasive.”