I do not have many powerful friends on earth, but rather they have gone forth, gone away from the joys of the world, sought for themselves the king of glory, they live now in heaven with the Highfather, dwell in glory.

And what do you know, the one with the love-beads had Acey tattooed on one arm.

beneath them also flowered, like some immense coloured crystal, a semicircle of lake water, candent and faithful as a magic lantern to the startled images of fish scattering and reforming with movements of surprise, curiosity, perhaps even pleasure.

Kincentric ecology extends beyond human life, thus enlarging our perceptual selves and the capacity to see other agents and presents of consequence.