"A Transcendent Failure", by Adam Libresco is an interesting peice. Being of the dominating gender (female) I never knew what a male of the homo sapien species went through when attempting a mating call to the female of desire. In this peice, he descriptively captures the Antebellum Period of the most terrible war of a prepubescent teenager: Dating. He builds up to the climax, which to some, may have seemed a let-down, but to him was a win. He had the courage, the guts, the audacity, the manliness to speak the truth. He shows that he ended a king, not a loser.

Libresco may have just had a descent, but just a first amongst many, i'm sure. Though that may be true, these descents will be mixed with blessings of a yes. A territory gained for a territory lost. Libresco may have just been declined his way to his underdeveloped prepubescent needs, but he has just been accepted by his true homo sapien necessities. Manhood.