These people were less revered than cautiously tolerated by the other villagers, for the dubious entertainment value they devised in their structured ordering of the captured strangeness provided a kind of service to the village. This service was considered unnecessary to village survival but it was generally agreed upon by all, that those who performed this task were on to something. What this something entailed, however, was not only unknown, it was almost taboo in the lack of general interest. All images and text copyright ©1996 by Mark Thornally.