"Would you like a blindfold, Mr. Tucker?"

   [ Shou Tucker, in the Fifth Lab, in search of the Gate ]

  Spoilers - through ep. 47
  Beta - Mattador of the Hot Pants
  For - Demidevi's Gen & Squick Contest; winner in both categories
  Ref. - author's notes

"Why are you crying, little brother? She tried to kill you. She didn't even go limp when she died. You're lucky I could do that. I saved you."

   [ seven stories in one, or one story in seven, of Sirrus and Achenar ]

  Spoilers - Myst
  Canon - written before realMYST, Uru, Myst IV and V
  Beta - Dester'edra
  For - Aitrus5, by dedication
  Ref. - author's notes

"He has a terrifying amount of control over my body. It took him weeks to insinuate himself, to force my surrender into a habit."

   [ a brief look at Quirrell ]

  Beta - Ayla Pascal

"The priest could not rid himself of the fear that the boy was going to kill himself."

   [ an ordeal in the lost years of the Dark Lord ]

  Beta - strange fire

"Miki was still for one frozen moment, as if a red rose had fallen from nowhere upon the keys, then lifted his head to see Touga standing in the corner."

   [ in which Touga takes Miki to Akio ]

  Spoilers - through ep. 31
  Beta - WhiteOwl