...when you have to rip out the head and spinal cord of a story because you thought it would work in Jack's POV, but the story refuses to move forward unless the entire beginning is in Daniel's. And you liked that beginning. It was snarky.

( Anyway, this is the text which will NOT be starting off The Mansions Of The Dead, the intro/final installment in the Bead Sutra series. No spoilers, other than what planet they're on and the fact that something is about to happen. )