RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@Klepsis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Klepsis</span></a></span> </p><blockquote><p>[Reluctance is] also an electrical engineering term</p></blockquote><p>😋 Since you are the <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/epigraphcoffeeclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epigraphcoffeeclub</span></a> person, I'd thought I'd share that thinking about your wonderful <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/epigraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epigraph</span></a> posts and answering <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/pennedpossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pennedpossibilities</span></a> 548 inspired me to write a novel opener epigraph that heightens the mystery. I'm rather pleased with it and may start all of the novella and larger works with it. So thank you <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@klepsydra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>klepsydra</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mindly.social/@floofpaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>floofpaldi</span></a></span> </p><blockquote><p>Reluctance <strong>n</strong>. re·luc·tance; <em>ri-ˈlək-tən(t)s</em> <br>.<br><strong>1.</strong> The unwillingness or disinclination to do something. <strong>2.</strong> The quality of being reluctant. <strong>3.</strong> <em>Physics;</em> A force of nature that requires a human. </p></blockquote><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CommentingIsCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommentingIsCool</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSstory</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSReluctanceStory</span></a></p>