S M I L E

             A tale of knights, past and present.

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                  Part 1: Ghosts of the Past
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I didn't read this the first time around, but I'm glad I gave it a try
today.  Interesting stuff.

Knight Sabers... an organization created to bring down a
tyranical corporation, created by a tyranical corporation?

Sweet, sweet.

                             :)

Ah, this is the famous "Emoticon Transition."

"It's not like that!" protested Linna.  "I've got two
tickets to Pagliacci and I don't wanna go alone."

Just out of curiosity, is that a real word?

Dr. Vess sighed and rubbed his temples.  The S.M.I.L.E.
project was, overall, a joy to work on.  They'd made major
breakthroughs in behavioural sciences and predicting what
the human mind would do.

Ah, so Momus is patterned after Pee-Wee Herman and Rush Limbaugh?

He was a Genom wage slave, one of thousands.  He had a
simple life and a simple job.  Move machine A into room B
and install.

Yeoman Smith?

The elevator opened with a modest 'ping', revealing a madly
grinning corpse.

Oh.  You know, I had to read this twice to get it.  My fault, I think, for
not keeping the crossover in mind.

...

Hey, pretty good.  Unlike yours truly, I suspect you stayed awake during
English class.  Excellent writing.  ...Pretty good story, too! :) <- yikes


-- Craig Putnam
Sailor Singularity