Night time is my solitary hour, and tonight is no exception. It's the hour of reflection, the only time I can bask in darkness. I love the dark. It calms me the same way Alpia's and Hanutas does, only gentler, more lasting and of course less fattening.

In the dark and on the bed, my thoughts race, my mind opens and my sight widens. I think about you, about her, him, she, them and I think about myself. If there is anything that I have truly learnt, it is that some things are just inherently incongruous. And to try to stick them together would be a futile revelation of stupidity. Or silliness. Or sheer naivette.

And as you gamble tonight, remember that the stakes are not just the money.