Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 12:13:25 +1300
From: Arthur <rochopa@xtra.co.nz>
Subject: Sioni part 17 epilogue

					SIONI

					Part Seventeen

					By Arthur


					EPILOGUE


Well readers I was not going to do this but due to the many,many emails I
have received from you all I felt that I should at least respond in some
form and as there were many questions that have been asked during the
telling of Sioni's story I feel that at this time duty bound to try to
answer them as honestly as I can.

Among the emails there were those that were suprised at the ending "or is
it?" of the story, some felt it was cruel and sadistic but I feel that it
is the way life is to us of the gay life style and I'm sure it has happened
to many of us in the past.

For those of you that were heart broken at Sioni's final situation I would
ask you to stop and think of the following questions:

	1. At twenty years of age, does he stop living?
	2. With so much love in his heart could he just stop being?
	3. Why did his palangi make sure of his future, even to the last day?
	4. Would it be at all possible for him to love another?

Well I think that is enough for you to put your thinking caps on for now so
I will move onto some of the questions that have been asked in an attempt
to put your minds to rest.

Q. Have you always been gay?
A. Yes.

Q. Have you ever been married if so why?
A. Yes, when I was living in Papua New Guinea I had a common law wife for
five years and had two sons, because of my heritage and a desire to
perpetuate the family.

Q. Have you ever had any children, if so are they still with you?
A. Yes I had two sons, unfortunately both have passed on, the first at 5
yrs old was drowned at sea, my youngest came home with me to NZ in 1979 but
unfortunately two weeks before his 16th birthday was lost to me in a car
accident.

Q. Have you found true love as well, like the stories you write?
A. Please read "Two Halves" there has never been anyone from then on I have
had the occassional fling and a lot of lust but have always since the age
of about fifteen been a loner.

Q. Would you want someone like Sioni?
A. Without my Murray yes I think we all would, don't you?

Q. Is this based on a true happening, if not how do you know what they are
feeling?
A. No, it is total fiction from an overactive imagination, most of my life
has been working with the public in one form or another and being a Libran
I,m an observer of life which satisfies my nosey nature so even though I
have not had the experience of the type of love Ben and Sioni had I put my
head into theirs and followed my intuition.

Q. Why end a beautiful story in such a way?
A. To add reality and to possibly open a new door for Sioni, but that is
yet to be determined.

Q. How long have you been writing erotic stories and are you a professional
writer?
A. Sioni was my first attempt so as a complete amateur I was somewhat over
whelmed by the response I recieved and decided to add the others from my
HDD to see what the readers thought, as stated I'm a complete amateur
although I do have one completed str8 novel wich unfortunately was rejected
by the first publisher (Unread I might add) and have two others in
progress.

Q. Are you well off enough to look after a boy like Sioni?
A. No, I suggest you read the beginning of my new story "Flight of Fancy"
it has a little of my true self tied up in there (no I'm not going to tell
you which parts are me)

Well readers thats all I have and I hope it helps you to adjust to Sioni's
plight and for the very kind reader that compared me to Ganymede and Stegil
thank you but I dont think I rate in there field but the compliment caused
my head to jam in the door way so thank you with all my heart.

		ARTHUR.