In Genua, Someone Set Out To Make

Raise The Stakes! Always Push Your Luck Because No One Else Would Push It For You.

The Theater Troubled Her. It Had A Magic Of Its Own, One That Didn’t Belong To Her, One That Wasn’t In Her Control. It Changed The World, And Said Things Were Otherwise Than They Were. And It Was Worse Than That. It Was Magic That Didn’t Belong To Magical People. It Was Commanded By Ordinary People, Who Didn’t Know The Rules. They Altered The World Because It Sounded Better.

Colon Has Always Thought That Heroes Had Some Special Kind Of Clockwork That Made Them Go Out And Die Famously For God, Country And Apple Pie, Or Whatever Particular Delicacy Their Mother Made. It Had Never Occurred To Him That They Might Do It Because They'd Get Yelled At If They Didn't.

Bringing About Armageddon Can Be Dangerous. Do Not Attempt It In Your Own Home.

He Moved In A Way That Suggested He Was Attempting The World Speed Record For The Nonchalant Walk.