You know, Haines? I was surprised when my folklore started becoming locally useful. I didn’t begin studying the Kung Fu genre expecting it to be a hit at home. (To write Kung Fu characters worth a lick, one must research in a small village with a collapsing economy and corrupt bureaucracy, carefully observing over the lid of a gaiwan for a decade or more. The folkloric product is reliable—but local popularity hit or miss.)
But…