Steve wrote:

    The only problem with the invitation, Ataru mused, was that
he *had* remade himself, only to find that his creation consisted of
nothing *but* masks.  The oddest part of that revelation, to his
mind, was that, for now at least, he was fully at peace with this
predicament.  As he recognized that, he remembered his conversation
with the abbot...

I'm still trying to determine if this is a parody or a serious work.  At any rate, I still think Ataru comes off like Hamlet.  :)  I keep waiting for the tragic ending.  With your gift for detail, it should be fun!

Later,

Anand




Anand Rao
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"He's a sex object.  He asks for sex and women object."

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