Epilogue: Thank You for Being There All the Way

It was finished. This time, it was truly finished. I cut away many minor details and a large number of side plots that had originally been meant to flesh out the story. I never expected it to end at three million words—more than I had imagined. But no matter what, it was finished at last. A complete and lengthy story; I had explained everything. As I sat before my computer writing this epilogue, I inexplicably felt that there was still more to say.