Unbelievable, that it's so close to being finished.

And that we have persevered. I have just read and reviewed Nineteen. You cannot know how I am dreading the loss of your Paine. She is so three-dimensional and possessed of such decency and dedication. I have yet to see in any other story so fully developed a woman. Damn! I do not want it to be over. I want the four of them to exist in a space outside time, wandering the world, having one picaresque adventure after another, amber-preserved just as they are. For me, this will always be the Summer of the Confessional Quartet. Thank you for playing the game with me.