79.squall-longleg.11.10

I was up on the Wadsley common, and like I do, I took the path less followed. That led to some pretty difficult going, since the path less followed turned into impenetrable undergrowth. And I don't mean it was just hard going, I mean it was truly impenetrable -- neither me nor Shad could make our way through, so we had to return back the way we'd come. I hate that, don't you? Going backwards. It got me thinking though, about Nigel. Nigel, have I ever mentioned him? I'm not sure that I have. Nigel was a guy that went backwards. No-one is really sure what happened, but rumour has it a murk wraith was involved. The story goes like this: The murk wraith asked him did he know why dark matter leaves this place? Nigel didn't, but he was a librarian, so he had ways and means to find out about such things. People said that his viewpoint evaporated like wisps of murk. He found out that The Hinge was leaking and he left to plug the hole. He was never seen again. I think that might be my fault. He went backwards through time and space. Maybe he's in your world now? Thing is, I liked Nigel, he'd helped me a lot with my research. Maybe that's the impenetrable undergrowth, that's how it made me feel anyway, like my way was blocked because of Nigel's sacrifice.