Sorry, I honestly thought I'd taken that out. I was in a bit of what used to be called a blue funk when I typed that, sort of caught between memories of times past and hopes for the future. Missing both Sam and Shell. Posting here helps me to focus, meaning I can be a different person online, but sometimes my darker side leaks out it seems. The stupid thing is I even read it through about three times and didn't catch it.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'