Status Updates From The Fall of Rome

"I gazed at my face in the mirror without expression. What is it about this flesh that covers me that makes it a part of every transaction I conduct? Just when I think it is no longer seen, there it is once more, dictating the terms."

"There was so much life bursting out of them. I suppose that's how you know you've left adolescence behind, when it looks that good to you."

Loving this... the descriptions and characters and intrigue!