Once upon a time, many years ago (maybe not so many years, it all depends on whether you were born pre or post Watergate era) in the Great City, a very special little boy named Jim was born.  The little boy was a truly exceptional child; he had the power to hear, see, smell, taste and feel what other people couldn't. Even with all his special gifts the little boy was very sad.  His mother left when Jim was young and his father didn't understand his gift.  Although Jim was disheartened and had no one to understand him, he still believed in a small part of his heart that someday, somewhere he would find someone who would.  It kept his gentle nature from turning hard and bitter.  Somehow he would find 'the one' and they would love him forever and everything would be better. Things happened that made Jim even more unhappy and finally one terrible day the little boy decided that he would hide the gift that frightened his father.  After enough time passed he even forgot he had the gift.  Eventually, he grew up to be a tall, handsome young man and decided to leave his home and his father who didn't understand him. Jim became a warrior, a soldier dedicated to protecting his country. In his travels as a warrior he went to many distant lands. During one of Jim's missions he was stranded in the jungles of a faraway country.  He stayed there with a tribe of people called the Chopec, continuing on with his mission all alone for more than a year. He was a mighty warrior, brave and honorable, who believed in doing his duty long after he knew that he had been forgotten by his superiors. But, while Jim was with the Chopec, he rediscovered his gift. As fate would have it (fate always seems to have it -- whatever it is),  he was found and returned to the Great City.  The return to his country was very hard on Jim, the change was so overwhelming he forgot all that he learned when he lived with the Chopec.  He was tired of his life as a warrior and he left the army to become a police officer. Jim became a very good police officer (protecting people was what he was meant to do after all), but he kept wondering when he would find 'the one'.  Each time he was with someone new, he hoped that they would be 'the one', only none of them seemed to fill the empty place in his heart. Jim eventually met a nice woman who seemed to be who he had been looking for.  They got married and lived in his small castle called The Loft and for many months he was happy.  Then slowly Jim realized that his wife didn't really love him at all.  Like all the others he'd thought were 'the one', she wasn't someone who understood his differences.  They parted and Jim, sadder but wiser, went back to being alone. The next years were very bad for poor Jim.  Sometimes the gentle part of his heart seemed to disappear -- he buried it so deep hardly anybody knew it was there.  He gave up looking for 'the one' altogether. Things went on like this for a long time, until the evil Switchman started blowing up things.  Jim was desperate to protect the people of the Great City and suddenly he was able to see, hear, taste, smell and feel things he hadn't been able to in years. Jim was frightened by the return of his senses.  He had forgotten he had the wonderful gift.  He didn't know what to do until a scholar (or maybe a handsome prince, it could go either way) named Blair came to his rescue. At first Jim didn't know what to make of the scholar.  But Blair knew all about him.  Best of all, Blair wasn't afraid of his gift at all. The scholar (or prince -- take your pick) was happy and excited to find out everything about it.  Blair had been studying people like Jim and told him that he was a Sentinel and showed him how to use his abilities. Blair moved into the castle/loft with Jim and they had many adventures together fighting diabolical criminals in the Great City.  Blair helped Jim when he was sad and lonely and his senses were bothering him.  One day, Jim realized that he had already found 'the one' and it was Blair. After one too many close calls, he summoned up his courage and told Blair how he felt. Blair being very smart (a big prerequisite for handsome prince/scholars) already knew that Jim loved him.  He told Jim that it was, "About damn time you woke up and smelled the coffee, man."  And they lived happily ever after. The End (Well, maybe not -- there was still the wicked wizard Mean Valentine to conquer, but that's another story.)