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Well, you've just asked two questions disgused as one; why do
*I* feel I need to tell this story, and why should this story *need* to
be told.

I need to tell this story because it won't let go. The only
way to get rid of it is to tell it. Because I think it may be
important. It needs to be told because I think it has some ideas we
need to hear, and because it's time somebody did a saga like this to
help reinterpret some myths at a time when we very badly need our
myths.

jms