I turn my head and I see him, just for a split second and he's gone. I shudder all over when this happens. A smell like mustard fills my nostrils. It's an hallucination, a seizure, some brain damage from the war. Paranoia; I need to get my medications increased.

When I step onto the subway car, his face is watching me from the window into the next car. I run toward the door and he vanishes; the d...

You are not dying, not the way you think you are. True, your body is dissolving. You're no longer even opaque to light.

How can you fight it? What could you do? What could I do? There's nothing to fight. The light is spilling out from within you and shining through your skin.

It hurts, I know it hurts. Your chest burns and you can't breathe. Everything is in a panic, a tumult. All that you've ...

I turned my hand over and over. Light was shining through it. The green of the grass at my feet, the brown of my shoes, and the gray of the rocks nearby, all were clearly visible through my hand. I shuddered looking at it, but wasn't terrified.

I'd been living and working in Anwyn for a few years. Virgo was training me primarily, and I'd spend time each day with Juan, the oracle, learning all I ...

One day, my son Ampyx finds me on the beach. He tells me that his mother is dying, and that I need to come and see her, one last time. I stand and follow him. The people waiting disperse, perhaps to return the next day.

"Did you forget us?" Ampyx demands as he leads me through the streets of Acis. "You've been on that beach for years, and you've never sent so much as a word to me, my brothers, y...

In the mornings I take my human form and walk out onto the beach. The people of Acis come to me with their disputes, and I am seen as a fair arbiter because I care about nothing but the truth. My days pass peacefully.

These situations are solved more simply than they would appear at first. By consenting to my arbitration and coming before me, much of the work of reconciliation is done already. T...

Cancer

Waves wash over me. I have no eyes. I have no face. I have existed always or I have only just come into existence.

It was like this before they resurrected me. I had found peace, after hundreds of years of life, life after life, endless struggle and pain. They brought me back for one last war. Now I'm here, deep in the ocean in my aquatic form, a crab, my human form transmuted and inter...

Juan stood to speak again, describing the need for the blockade of the Strait of Woes to be dismantled once the world's governments have accepted terms and recognized the new leadership of Cuahalan. He asked that magicians and scientists work together to cleanse the Bay and the water of the poisons there, so that the aquatic life could return. Libra suggested that Pisces be enlisted to lead this e...

We gathered together in the War Room, perhaps for the last time. Present were Juan, Scorpio, Dantalion, Libra, Orlando, Xicarus, Cainen, Byrn, Ampyx, Agrippa, and me, Oberon, the new Gemini. The events of the war were recounted, and everyone was made aware of what needed to happen next.

Juan explained to Cancer's sons how their father had decided to remain in his aquatic form and join the ocean d...

We thanked the Witnesses for their counsel and left them to their prayers. Libra and I left the detention cells by winding staircase, arriving in the Great Hall. Neither of us knew what to do next; the Winesses had told us much that was unbeilievable, but we believed them wholly.

The Hall bustled with the the movements of scores of elves and humans, but came to a complete halt at once. All voices...

Libra spoke into my mind, telling me to come to one of the detention cells deep within the volcano. Using the location she provided, I teleported and was next to her in a moment, standing in front of the cage holding the two Witnesses.

She put her arm on my shoulder and brought me close to the wires. "This is the child's father, Oberon," she explained to the bearded man opposite her. Turning to ...