What if I am among those that winter separates unto Pluto rather than to Jupiter this year? The summons was to the clearing at midnight, and I had always dreaded it.

Music cues are Acoustic Sketch 8 by my friend Benji Flaming; O Come, O Come Emmanuel from Charles Dickens Christmas, Death and the Lady by Pentangle, Captain Captain by Crooked Still, and Soar Away performed by Chanticleer.