Ah, yes, a foreword. You're already contemplating skipping this part, yes? Do so if you wish, but there are a few important issues I will need to address.

The Apparently Frequent Sense of Confusion Found Amongst Readers

Some confusion is good in the first few chapters. I wrote it with the intention of creating confusion. It's only when you get to the later chapters with the main character where an outstanding amount of confusion causes problems. If you think you're missing out on something, either leave a comment detailing what confuses you or PM me for an answer ranging from, "Don't worry about it," to an in depth explanation. It just depends.

Lack of Description

It's meaningful in places, let's just leave it at that. I would prefer not to have my prose go purple to sate the needs of readers.

Let's also not forget that I'm writing from the perspective of a Qintari. They would not describe things in absolute detail if it were as familiar to them as bacon is to humans. For example, you don't look in the mirror and say, "oh, my two arms and two legs look wonderful today." Why must the Qintar do that? It's utterly unnatural.

The Missing Main Character

When you find the main character, you will know who she is. Until then, don't worry about it.

The Writing Style

The way I'm writing this is completely intentional. I'm sorry, but if you don't like it, bug off. I'm neither going to dumb it down nor change the style so anyone who has trouble understanding it will read it. That's just the way it is.

Edits and Suggestions

Make edits and suggestions if you want. I'll take them into account, but don't expect immediate changes. The reasons for this? I will typically wait for more than one or two comments to notice a issue not regarding grammar or spelling, and I will always edit my offline draft before my one on wattpad.

For most grammar issues, I ask that you please refrain. I know grammar well enough that I can fix it on my own, I just haven't gotten around to it just yet.

Anyway, whatever you decide to suggest, I appreciate it.

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Now that I have that over with, allow me to finish this with a few quotes from my favorite authors.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

- Arthur C. Clarke

"No utopia ca ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become disoriented with power and possessions that once would seem beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the external world has granted all it can, there still remain the searchings of the mind and the longings of the heart."

- Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End

"Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded."

- Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all who wander are lost, the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost."

- J. R. R. Tolkien