If it turns out people want it, the VAL stories may either tie in or serve as a sort of prequel into it. Maybe they're really just grimoire cards, so to speak, for a bigger project... Maaaaaybe. [spoiler]Joking. Not gonna pull a DeeJ and be really vague. It'll feature VAL! And almost certainly a certain badass antagonist. With that antagonist's blessing, of course.[/spoiler]