He was a good officer.

I'd be surprised that he would do something like that.

The last time his steward heard from him was two weeks ago when he asked about his pension.

We need someone to get in there and give them some direction. We need oversight by someone in a leadership position.

Even in making objects, as soon as you start to get the feeling that some form of craft is coming into place, you realize that everything is wrong. Because craft is really just a fetish. It is wasted energy. It's about the object, some space which has nothing to do with the human.

My characters aren't chess pieces. I don't move them around some big board. I actually care about these fictitious people.