I went a little insane, and wrote a rather large sidestory to Reflect.
If you've been keeping tabs on the series, you can access it at the
webpage, or go straight to it with :
http://pixelscapes.com/slayers/xelloss.html

I won't be posting a text-only version for reasons that will become
apparent.  It's sort of a puzzle. :) Feel free to mail me comments
or post them here, however!  Thanks!

-2f