"What? No, yeah, of course. I mean, I went to school and got a degree and everything." Which, actually, amounted to very little in the end. His books were published, yes, but they weren't very popular. He made just enough to survive and that was it.

But, he supposes, in Kore, he already has a place to stay. What was stopping him from writing while he was here?

Well, a lack of computers, for one thing.