"You want fantasy? Here's one... There's this species that lives on a planet a few miles above molten rock and a few miles below a vacuum that'd suck t...

It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.
~ Terry Pratchett ~












It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what th...
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