https://shifti.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=User_talk%3APhaedrus%2FCommissionUser talk:Phaedrus/Commission - Revision history2026-10-09T15:15:13ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.46.0-alphahttps://shifti.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Phaedrus/Commission&diff=13124&oldid=prevPhaedrus: Response to WolfyDrake952009-08-31T17:06:55Z<p>Response to WolfyDrake95</p>
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</table>Phaedrushttps://shifti.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Phaedrus/Commission&diff=13117&oldid=prevWolfyDrake95: Praise for a nice story that I saw on the TSA Archive...2009-08-31T13:53:08Z<p>Praise for a nice story that I saw on the TSA Archive...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Isn't this story on the TSA Archive? It was one of my favourites there. I'm not sure why I like it so much; I think it's because of the way Greywing seems analyse the man, George, and predict his actions so accurately. Everything Greywing thinks will happen, ''happens''...the feeling that Greywing is some all-knowing person (or at least close to that) is present, and I think that's cool. Anyway, this is a great story...I'd have told you that when I read it on the TSA, but I didn't have a clue how to. &mdash;[[User:WolfyDrake95|Drake]] 13:53, 31 August 2009 (UTC)</div>WolfyDrake95