As some of you may know, Rob Ferguson  is leaving us soon to make his fortune in the dark and mysterious Orient.

As some of you may know, Rob Ferguson  is leaving us soon to make his fortune in the dark and mysterious Orient. I was surprised when he told me this. Here is how the conversation went:

Rob: Will you look into the mirror?

Jason: What will I see?

Rob: Even the wisest cannot tell. For the mirror…shows many things…things that were…things that are…and some things…that have not yet come to pass.

Jason: Umm, I don’t see anything.

Rob: I know what it is you saw, for it is also in my mind. It is what will come to pass if you should fail. It has already begun. She will come to take the Gauntlet. You know of whom I speak.

Jason: I mean, I can just give you the Gauntlet, if that’s what you want.

Rob: You offer it to me freely? I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this. 

(At this point, Rob begins to glow and starts shouting).

Rob: In place of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen! Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Treacherous as the sea! With gams stronger than the foundations of the earth! All will love me and despair!

(Rob stops glowing and catches his breath).

Jason: Are you done?

Rob: I pass the test. I will diminish and go into the East, and remain Rob Ferguson. 

Jason: I really don’t want to manage this thing by myself, though.

Rob: You are the Gauntlet bearer, Jason. To bear the Gauntlet is to be alone. This task was appointed to you, and if you do not find a way, no one will. 

Jason: It just seems like so much trouble. I don’t think I can do it.

Rob (leaning-in and placing his hands on my face in a motherly way): Even people with the smallest gams can change the future.