

Author commentary: Lolcats seem like a really dated reference now. I barely even remember what they were. Pictures of cats? Jesus Christ, who cares. Jaspers sure is a simple cat, but now he's wired to know all about the lore of the land and to provide helpful exposition in his cute and friendly feline manner. Here he describes the nature of Light. Not the physical phenomenon, but the aspect. There's a lot to Light, even more than is conveyed here. (Such as luck stuff. See: the Serkets.) It's about information, which is what DNA is. There's important DNA data trapped in Rose's head, which Jaspers mysteriously is the key to releasing, and which is also relevant to the "play the rain" quest Jaspers seems so excited about. But of course Rose is a rebellious miscreant, so her quest really isn't going to matter much at all, except as a hypothetical cool mythoquest that she tells to go fuck itself repeatedly. This is a topic I guess we are going to have to keep revisiting as we talk about Rose over the whole story. If we want to understand Rose, there will be no avoiding this, sorry.