Leaving my shadow still to be with you

Tumblr requires me to burn through my social spell slots like a mage who suddenly finds herself at the top of the enmity list with no choice but to pop every cooldown at once.

Rejoice. I have made a FFXIV sideblog so that no one needs hear me lose my mind over the MSQ once again. All of that will now be contained to @hengest-horsa hopefully a bit better than the Ancients contained their research subjects.

He recounted anecdotes from the last war which were all to the honour of the Prussian warriors. He was very keen that the king become bored with the peace. 'It is time to have a fight, he said, 'our soldiers have worn out their sides lying down; we need exercise, exercise!' My peace-loving heart was wounded. I armed myself against war with all my rhetorical powers and represented its horrors: the moaning and cries of the unfortunate victims, the bloody river of those carried off into the next world; the devastation of the land, the anguish of fathers and mothers, wives and children, friends and relations; the orphaning of the Muses who hide away in the gloom like the poor robins and tits that hide during a storm, etc. The pitiless captain laughed and shouted: 'We need exercise, exercise!' Finally, I concluded that I had undertaken the work of the Danaids; I kept silent and turned all my attention to the pleasant surroundings of the road. - Letters of a Russian Traveller, No. 9