Line of the day.

In a novel, you can sometimes get away with ONE coincidence. Anything more, and you'll lose all credibility with your readers.

I BET YOU MY LIFE SAVINGS THEY PICKED TIMES NEW ROMAN BC IT HAS ROMAN IN THE NAME

Specifically, we’ve cut/permanently taken aware your wedding ring. You now belong to us. Kiss your old life goodbye. 3 & end/

Taken all personal possessions & filing them when booking someone is law enforcement SOP. Cutting a wedding ring is not. I can’t prove the officer who did this is part of the specific subculture I’ve described or aware of it, but it was the first thing that came to mind. 2/

I’ve been studying these weirdos, & regardless whatever else they are they’re weirdos, since I was in my mid 20s. The extremist subculture has absorbed or connected to other ones over time. A lot of acceleration of that dynamic over the past decade or so. 1/