Well, I was casually reading through a few of my downloaded episodes recently, and something occured to me. NXE, from the moment I first read it, has really encouraged me to expand my own knowledge base. I've found myself looking up various references to things used as inspiration in the story-line. I've been looking up information on the actual Dead Sea scrolls for a while now (which is especially cool, because my school has full translations of all the ones discovered to date). I've looked into many of the different legends and religious themes, such as the story of Grendel. I'm even thinking about picking up a copy of A Farewell to Arms sometime soon. So in short, thank you for rekindling my interest in something. It's been a long time since I last had a subject to research just for the fun of it, let alone so many at once.