Different.Suddenly she realized that he was about an inch and a half taller, andmaybe 15 pounds heavier. He looked more like an 11-year-old than a 10-...ear-old. It wasn't so noticeable because Paul had matured the sameamount.Then River looked closely at her parents, and got a huge surprise. HerDad's beer belly was gone, and his hairline seemed lower on hisforehead. He looked 10 years younger, 32 instead of 42. And Alison alsowas changed, now looking too young to be River's mother. She was. "And then...then..." his words were nearly incomprehensible over his blubbering, "Deanna and her friends got me drunk so one of the guys could...could...." He dropped his head into his hands, crying loudly again.**********"Well," the dad said as he slumped into his chair, "Travis is asleep. Or passed out. Or a little of both." Good," mom nodded solemnly. She turned to Deanna, who sat huddled in one corner of the couch. "Now, young lady," she began sternly, "you have a lot of explaining to. Will I? I don't know.Anyways, this will just be the hub page, the seed where all of your daydreams, nightmares, fleeting fantasies, can sprout from as long as you write them. Hell, if you want, you can just straight up make a diary, though keep in mind people will be able to read it so only actually do so if you feel that your internet "anonymity" protects you.Stars dotted the night sky, an uncountable number of eyes stared through you in one world.The air screamed as towers of steel and blood. Your mind is so focused on the depths of the spinning spiral that it just seems to be endless bands of black and white and black and white and no matter which one you trace, it still pulls you deeper and deeper down into the heart of the spiral. No matter where you look, the inward curve of the spiral is irresistible and inexorable. The deeper you go, the easier it is to go deeper and the harder it is to do anything else. And you’re so very deep already… ‘It feels warm and peaceful to focus.