Oh dear god not leaches. 

Leaches?

I've never read anything like this before. You go all-in with your torture. Remind me to never piss you off.

Bravo! Top notch Mirage. It's hard seeing Sydney in these dire straits and I know how much you love him but it's plausible. Terrifying and plausible. We've seen Centre projects go back and attack Raines and Mr. Parker with Sydney always coming up smelling like roses but the mind is complicated as you've pointed out before and as Sydney has pointed out and Jacod did bad things and Jacob looks like Sydney so I find this refreshing on on point. You've pointed out before in Forces of Nature that Sydney IS culpable too. His just folllowing orders is no different than the nazis that were just following orders. Please don't stop writing. I love your insights and style and I've never seen the characters more in character. It's like watching the series again. Thank you! Ciao!

Mirage Mirage Mirage Mirage. I've sat staring in space for some long while. It's one of those kinds of chapters you know? I'm here speechless. There was no warning. If you could put a warning on this it would help people like me. This is really scary. I felt like I'm there with Sydney or that I am Sydney. Wooh. The writing is out of this world amazing as always. The content is dark. Those things on Sydney give me the creeps big time. I need to read more to make sure Sydney comes out of this alive. I don't see how he will. I'm so scared. I want more. Please update soon. Please update all of your stories soon.

I'm off for the hols and found time to read this and so glad I did. Oh Mirage you are brilliant. I keep thinking how some people need to fed to alligators and right now with children in cages. I think America would stop Mary and Joseph at the border and deport them and have Jesus adopted to some entitled family or sold into human trafficking. This wasn't cheerful at all and I guess it's because some people aren't cheerful right now and you're thinking of them. I glad someone is thinking of them. I think Sydney would be angry now and rightfully so that history is repeating because the world lied. The world has forgotten. I don't know if you're jewish or what but I'm thankful that this is the story you chose to share during this holiday that really doesn't feel like a holiday at all. :( He's thinking of Jarod and regrets and he's thinking of how he's leaving this world how he didn't change it. I guess we are all responsible. I have a lot of thoughts that I can't begin to think.. and there were so few words. So succinct and powerful Mirage. Keep going. We need you.

Mirage! I love that you keep writing for us and I'm impressed with what you write and your eye for detail. This is just pure awesomeness gold! Syd's internal dialouge is so telling and fitting with what we know and you pay homage over and over to the television series which is what I love. It's no offense intended to the creators or tv writers. There is a top and bottom and saving luke and rebirth are the bottom for me because I fell in love with the original story line from the tv series. That's all so please don't think I'm being mean to the creators who I know you respect and love and care about. I know you're kind and you want everyone to be kind. I'm not being mean. You follow the tv series and I prefer that. That's all. See? Do keep writing for us. I can't get enough. Really top notch writing.

Wowz. I hope Sydney will survive this. Please make it so Mirage. Amazingly well written as always. I hope you're having a happy holidays.

I think I needed a trigger warning. The medical stuff always bothers me. The way Sydney was confused thinking he was a kid back in the concentration camps is realistic and in keeping with the original series. I can't tell you how much I appreciate that. Sydney's in character. You always write them all in character.

That final sentence. I'm not laughing now either. I'm actually gonna boycott all things xmas and christian now. We have to do something. This is your way of not being silent and complicit. You do what you can where you can with what you've got and what you've got is mighty pen.

I sense some anger in this from you. I see no greetings. This was very dark. You went deep into darkness and wrote your anger clearly. 

Sydney is right. The world forgot and history is repeated. There are innocent refugee children in concentration camps in the United States and they will be alone this holiday and some are sick. Too many have died.

This seems really personal to you. I think I understand something about you that I never knew. You feel stuff really deeply. This isn't the happy christmas story I wanted but I think it's the story that the world needs. You put a light on the hypocrisy of xmas too which was stole from Pagans by xstians in the first place maybe you didn't mean to but in my opinion it's what I feel from this. What is the point of celebrating anything if children are in cages, sick, cold & dying. We shouldn't be laughing and celebrating.

Ewwwwwww and leeches. I totes cringe. I hope Sydney will be ok.