Lament of the Fallen

Righty, so as I promised, I will be answering any questions you might have about the story. I know the story left many things unanswered or with little explanation so now's your chance. At least at this point I don't have to worry about spoilers anymore.

Also, I know from experience that you can cook up some really good questions from all sorts of subjects. So fire away. I'll leave this thing up so the questions don't need to be asked today. Just post a question in the comments and I'll reply with an answer. I don't promise good answers, as sometimes the answer will be 'because I could', but I'll try.