Chris: So. This is it, then. The beginning. Why here, of all possible moments? The answer is jolly well jack all! The narrator simply chose it to be this way. No, I’m not the narrator. I'm simply involved. Heavily, mind you. Nor am I the chap on the bed. That’s Andas. Curious name, isn’t it? Sounds like a foreign furniture catalogue. There's a reason for it, naturally. There’s a reason for everything. But I’ll spare you the tedium of overexplaining. If you must know things, earn them!
Chris: Though I’m not your narrator per se, I am—to varying degrees—the architect of most events that follow. I am a twelve-thousand-year-old wizard and live a very busy life. This moment, right here, is irrelevant in all but one regard: It is the start of the story. That alone gives it weight. So... Curtain up.
