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To my readers.
Thank you.
And for my children.
You have my heart.
Hence in a season of calm weather
Though inland far we be,
Our souls have sight of that immortal sea
Which brought us hither,
Can in a moment travel thither
And see the children sport upon the shore,
And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
—WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a‟ the seas gang dry.
Till a‟ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi‟ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o‟ life shall run.
—ROBERT BURNS
Foreword
IN THE TIME BEFORE TIME, WHEN THE DOMAINS of earth, sea, and sky were formed and fire was called into
being, the elementals took shape, each with their element: the children of earth, the children of the sea, the children of air, and
the children of fire.
After earth had flowered and life crawled from the sea, humankind was born.
The children of fire rebelled against this new creation, declaring war on the children of air and humankind. Forced to