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Thank you so much for your comments I am truly honoured (and flattered) to be considered worthy of the company in which you place me. I always knew, even as I began writing it, that this was going to take more than a single book to tell. The epilogue was intended to serve as a summary of what had gone and also as a hint to the future. The core relationship of Hidden Sunlight has been immensely satisfying to write. Particularly Mira, whom I have fallen a bit in love with myself during the course of things. All my characters are quite real to me, but those from this particular prose seem to be more so than most. It has been a fantastic experience for me, and my first real opportunity to put my skills forth for public examination and consumption, as it were. So again, I thank you for taking the time to let me know what you think, it is very much appreciated.

If you think this is an enthralling tale, I would direct you towards the other piece I currently have completed on GA, which is what I would consider much more of a tale than this.

Thank you, my friend. I am glad to have you as a reader and do appreciate your kind words and support. Rest assured, there will be more! It *is* planned.

Ah, all things have their time and the trial of surviving Lucere is no exception to that. Yes, perhaps the most important thing is true: humanity still wields control - but at what cost and how? Questions for the future.

Though you have since finished it, it is still worth commenting that one does not mess with quantum physics and expect to come out unscathed.

There was some concern that a few might think the ending was not what it should be, but there is always that desire to be all things to all people, and that sentiment must never bow to the artist's integrity. Nonetheless, I am glad that it resonated with you! As I have stated in several places, yes there will be more. The tale certainly is not done here, not by half. Thank you for reading.

Thank you so much Yes to there being a Book Two. Publication is just a possibility I'll have to look into, nothing more at this stage.

haha! Don't start down that road, I don't want another project that ends up eating all my time. Back when I wrote it, I did think that I could continue it but I never did.

He let out a cry of consternation as he fell down the steps. Noboru was right behind him and as he hit the ground, he heard the door scrape uneasily along its path as the man pushed it fully open, stumbling in behind Aiku. He turned nimbly, feet sliding for a moment on the slippery mixture of spilled rice and straw, but he scrambled to his feet and slid up against the wall. "Noboru-san, I do not-" "Silence!" snapped Noboru. He stood there a little unsteadily, the sake bottle in one hand, but h

An old short story I wrote that you may enjoy :)

<3 Tom, I hope you have an awesome day

Publication has been on my mind, though first I would need to wrap my head around the ways and means and so forth, for what purposes I'd find most suitable. I thank you for your high consideration of my work I take a lot of satisfaction from knowing readers such as yourself have enjoyed Hidden Sunlight. I trust you will enjoy what I next produce - at this stage it is looking most likely to be a Book Two.

Likely the sequel will be the next thing I write, as all my other bigger long term projects are unduly complex to get involved in straight away. You will see that kitten again. I can assure you of this. Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it. The real science and plausibility of the fictional science, is important to the genre, I believe. It certainly will continue, though I hesitate to place any time-frame on when that will take place. Publication is something to be considered. It would depend on a lot of things, I think, but that is my end goal. Ah, making people feel and believe when they read something I've written; that is a truly wonderful experience! There are few things that compare to the sort of happiness that brings. And yes, indeed, Mira! Who wouldn't fall in love with him? Who wouldn't be insanely jealous of Shay?! Again, I must say that I won't set any time frame on when you can expect to see the next part of this story, just that it will come and will be nothing short of major. Thank you so much for reading and I'm glad you enjoyed it so thoroughly

Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it You are early on, so there is plenty to come.

Long, definitely. Strange, you bet. I am glad you enjoyed it and certainly hope you will be around for whatever comes in the future!

'Obsidia' is a human-named world, any belief that the black colour of obsidian has anything to do with the arbiters is sheer coincidence and hearsay. The name exists because of the volcanic density of metamorphic rock on that particular world, which is renowned in Hidden Sunlight's universe for industrial mining. Thank you, I'd certainly like to believe so.

Your response is high praise to me and I approach any words of conviction with the greatest respect. Any good tale should capture both the mind and heart in as many ways as it can; and to weave a story with layers to it that has elements of the mundane and the fantastic within the component parts. All the language I have available to me sometimes seems to be too petty to describe the richness I imagine when I dream of worlds like this. Feeling that I have succeeded in sharing even a small part of that ethereal depth is fantastically rewarding. Especially when I know that there is so much more to come and that I want to show it to others, to let them see what I see. So, I thank you, for your understanding. This is a big part of what I write for and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Thank you! I will CC a more detailed response in your forum thread reply.

Then I am glad I did not disappoint you, as Konstantin made it to the end. Thank you, my friend. It is a pleasure to have you as a reader.

You do? Good heavens, whatever for? I rather think you don't mean to make him a lumberjack in such an urban place? Seriously though, though there are plenty of targets assaulting him to swing a big heavy axe into, I don't think that is his style. Still, I appreciate the sentiment. He has not had it easy in Aspira - none of them have.

Oh, there is more to come, as I have said. The tale cannot end there, for this is no true ending, only a temporary one. I am glad you enjoyed it. I trust you will enjoy the sequel when it comes.

Thank you! I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Publishing is the goal, at some point. I would certainly love to see it as a book.

Well to be more precise, the story began in orbit around Lucere after arriving from Earth and it finished in the reverse - in orbit around Earth after arriving from Lucere; but yes, I thought it fitting. The only people remaining that Shay cares about are those with him - Mira and Konstantin. Everyone else is left behind or dead. It's a lot for anyone to take, especially a teenaged boy. Yet Shay isn't just any boy, and he is to my mind more hardy than many.

yes, Shay certainly gave Hartley back the words he spoke earlier. Poetic justice. La Tigresse however isn't as devoted to Hartley as Mira is to Shay, so her reaction and subsequent movements are somewhat different.

There are some experiences that go beyond adequate description. It may be the sum of the experience is complex in a way that can't be grasped, or that the language we possess is too crude to describe it. Looking back, I was never sure which was the case at Aspira's heart, though I did bring away from the plaza one concrete lesson. Power -- real power -- shows a person's true nature. I did not well remember the walk from the control node's chamber to the plaza's surface. It was not becaus