Eri-chan no RANT! So… the omake is in colored pencil. Really crappy colored pencil. Isn’t this fun??? ^_^ Anyway, I thought I would take this time to answer some less silly questions that might arise while reading chapter three. The silly questions will be answered in the omake itself. Ok, the first question I will answer is “What the heck is up with ‘Fire and Water Burning’?? Why did Yasha say that in her scry spell, and why the heck is it the chapter title?” Well, Yasha’s spell is more powerful the more accurately she describes her connection with Ryuu. She’s looking for the break in the connection even more than she’s looking for the person herself. She thinks of Ryuu’s will like a large body of water (perhaps an ocean?) and this is appropriate in a lot of ways because Ryuu is named for a traditionally water-type dragon. She thinks of her power in terms of fire. When they connect, it’s like setting water on fire. So, she is fire, Ryuu is water, and together they are fire and water burning. The reason she finds Ryuu despite Bara’s precautions is because she is looking for the connection and Ryuu’s will. Ryuu’s will meets her half way, and viola! Now, on to question number two! “Is Gerin dead then?” (I was asked something startlingly similar to this, so don’t knock the question). Um… yeah. He’s very dead. And his soul is utterly destroyed. All that’s left of the man is a couple of rotting bones. He’s not coming back, even in memory sequences, no matter how cool we all think he is. He died/was destroyed over fifteen years before Yasha met Ryuu. Moving on: “So, Bara is the ‘sister’ he mentions in the death scene then?” That would be a yes. I think that’s enough of question answering for this rant. I will say, though, that Ryuu’s addiction to Yasha is like a heroine addiction only about seven times more severe. Ouch. Have a wonderful day! Love- Eri-chan

Rei no RANT! it is 9:15pm, and i am so sleepy i feel like falling over and dying. i really need to start learning how to stay up at night. did you make a new year's resolution? i know that most people think they are pointless, but i really strive to make up a creative one and follow it. mine for this year is: to be myself. that's it. i think that so often people are swayed by trends, other opinions, etc., and this year, i just don't want to do it. i want to be myself. i also decided that i wanted to learn to use chopsticks better, as well as not running into as many inanimate objects and other stationary things (like chalkboards, walls, etc.) i think those are valiant resolutions. i really do feel like january 1st starts us off on a new road, though i am scared to see what this one holds! i'm also an optimist, so almost everything in life is happy for me. i do feel bad for pessimists though. everything is always so gloomy. i think i'm also going to stop telling people i'm an english major because i'm tired of being the "editing genius" in everyone's lives. i don't mind it occassionally. it's when i'm editing at least three papers a week that i get upset. *sigh* -Rei

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