That conversation was resumed when I wrote the Bareback To The Future fic. I ended up calling it Traveling Light (J's suggestion, of course, I am USELESS at titles). She beta'd it, since, you know. Her fault. I used to go for quotes from the stuff I'd read, but these days it's all kinky porn and Central European philosophers. Not helpful, self. /o\

Life. So hard, indeed. *sadface*