Where did the year go? Already, so much time has passed before our eyes, and we've barely even noticed it. Sands of time cascade ever onward into the vast endlessness of the universe. The future is but a mirage, ever-shifting in the tumbling winds of fate. Our hopes and our dreams are just dust in the wind. This year, although deep as we may be, has shown us that we can never truly be prepared to face what fate has laid out for us.