Don't think of it as a gift, Ray, think of it as 
a karmic payoff.  It's just cosmic restitution 
for all those times I saw you bid insane amounts 
of money for wonderful Lain merchandise 
on Yahoo Japan, but still get outbid.

I figure the absolute LEAST the world owes you 
is an autographed shikishi.  ^__^

So not to worry... I am indeed still 100% evil, 
through and through.  I was just doing a small 
favor for Fate.

(Alternately, I could claim that the Lainshark 
told me to do it...)

As to other Abe projects, the focus seemed to be 
on something called Texhnolyze -- one of 
the hotter items at the charity auction was a 
pair of autographed press kits for the show.  
Unfortunately, as I missed his panel, I am 
clueless on what the show might be about.  
Gomen, gomen!