The moment has come, my friends! Though long have been the days of my careless rest and long have been the nights of my negligent vigilance, this slothful time is at an end! I have been approached, nay, challenged by that eternal enemy of mine and now must once again raise my sword and cry for vengeance.

Yes, my friends, the final battle against the greatest of foes has begun. I am the lone warrior against this enemy, against this omnipresent and omnipotent being we so call

The Universe.

Though this merciless foe seeks to twist and turn reality as it sees fit, I shall lay aside blindly no more! Though my weapons of paranoia and suspicion have been dulled by time and ill use, now I shall sharpen them on the rock of mistrust and lay siege to Everything, to the Cosmos, to the World As We Know It. I am your deadliest nemesis, oh Universe, so tremble at my feet! No longer will I believe blindly in fate or destiny. Now I once again embrace the cynicism and skepticism which have for so long been my armor and my mount. Do not trust to words or actions; do not put faith in allies or confederates. Distrust; be wary! Be ever vigilant, a step ahead!

No longer will I be a slave to The Universe's petty wishes, no longer a toy for it to torture at its amusement. I am beyond the web, beyond the strings, beyond reach and manipulation. I am the lone warrior, the tortured writer, the starving artist! I am the cynic, sarcastic, gloried and loveless!

And now, as a new dawn approaches, I stand upon the battlefield, cloaked in my colors, waiting and ready as the behemoth approaches.