He didn't react to any external stimuli at all, he was just kneeling on the stage of the Opera Epiclese. He looked like... a doll that had just stood trial... Euphrasie: The Maison Gardiennage folks took him in. When they examined him, they found that his tongue was missing... ...
Things like "top sellers," "genre fiction," these were naught but fads that would come and go every decade. Getting with the times was a shortcut, yes, but if a work had the quality that could surmount this tide, why go with the flow nonetheless?