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Jan 27Liked by Michael S. Atkinson

AI is peculiar

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The High Chieftain kind of reminds me of the Yiddish -speaking "Indian" chief Mel Brooks portrayed in "Blazing Saddles". ("Schwarzes!") I don't think that was your intention, but he still does...

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Can't say I did intend it, no; I only just watched Blazing Saddles for the first time last week or so, and this story was written way back in the late 90s before I'd even seen Young Frankenstein, let alone anything like that one. I was thinking more along the lines of Redwall-ish, but, so it goes.

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