skygiants

they're just there doing their thing well and Francis thinks it's worthwhile for you to know about them.

I think that sums up a lot of Francis' attitude toward their* characters and the world.

* Per Francis himself: "Mary and I worked as a team . . . I have often said that I would have been happy to have both our names on the cover. Mary's family always called me Richard due to having another Dick in the family. I am Richard, Mary was Mary, and Dick Francis was the two of us together."