A/N: It's only a vague recollection, but I seem to remember there being some sort of discussion on KSA about "running the gambit" so to speak. What it meant, in the context of the discussion, was someone who had written all three types of fic: gen, het and slash. There are a great many authors who do that, but I've never been one of them. At least not since I started publishing on line.

That made me wonder if I could still write all three. At the time I was apparently too dense to realize that I'd already accomplished the gen part with the 3 part Autolycus + Strife trilogy I'd written months earlier, so I decided to try to write a pure G-rated story. Strangely enough, I succeeded.

This was supposed to be the first in a 3 part series that "ran the gambit" from gen to het to slash, but unfortunately it didn't take me long to realize that even if I could write het, I just have no interest in it. The third slash story in the trilogy died a lingering death not long after. So I'm just left with this.

I don't think it's all that bad a thing though. I've always thought that this could easily have been a fluff episode of X:WP before the series went to hell, or, with the replacement of two of the lead characters, an episode of "Young Hercules." I don't think it's a bad story. But judge for yourself.

I think (and it's unfortunately a dim memory from years ago) that Tham had a look over on this one, so if there're still mistakes wandering around, the fault is all mine.

Pairing(s): N/A, gen.

One Man's Treasure....