So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; also, the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. Les, on the other hand, felt so unworthy from every angle ….I hurt for him, his private grief, differently than I did Marlene. It felt like Les was endlessly chasing after the ‘Best Behavior’ badge ….failing over and over.

Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. Les gives the short version: I was down in Florida, working on a sport fishing boat, and she called me to tell me she was pregnant. We’d only dated a few months, but she wanted me to come home. She was, like ‘Les, shit, or get off the pot’. And I was like, ‘Well, my dear, in those terms . . . John Wayne and China, both delivered the line with him: guess I’ll shit”.Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

This story cannot be deemed pleasurable; unsettling darkness looms dangerously close to our hearts at every twist and turn. Nevertheless, it serves as a poignant reminder that anguish may silently reside within our very souls, compelling us to embrace empathy and compassion as our steadfast companions on life’s unpredictable journey. Josie slept over often (rather than return to the Hotel Villages where she lived will Bill, quasi-boyfriend-pimp). The quality is undeniable, so it the style. It’s a sort of really vivid, down to the bone, slice of life story rendered in a tough, rough and gruff minimalistic narrative. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) The valley of the shadow of death . . .--This striking expression, to which the genius of Bunyan has given such reality, was probably on Hebrew lips nothing more than a forcible synonym for a dark, gloomy place. Indeed, the probability is that instead of tsal-maveth (shadow of death), should be read, tsalm-th (shadow, darkness), the general signification being all that is required in any one of the fifteen places where it occurs. It is true it is used of the "grave" or "underworld" ( Job 10:21-22). But it is also used of the "darkness of a dungeon" ( Psalm 107:10), of "the pathless desert" ( Jeremiah 2:6); or, possibly, since it is there parallel with drought, of "the blinding darkness of a sandstorm," and metaphorically of "affliction" ( Isaiah 9:2), and of the "dull heavy look" that grief wears ( Job 16:16).My dream-walk through the memories of Verandis Ravenwatch continues. It seems that the secret of the first memory concerns some kind of Ayleid relic that Reezal-Jul found. Now that the second memory has begun, I should speak to Verandis.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.My journey through Verandis's memory continues. I entered the relic chamber. Now I should talk to Baron Montclair and see what happened next. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Speaking up about your own ideas with regard to how the political powers handle this may allow you to feel that you are doing something to help the collective.