an 11-city tour, the brothers find book signings and media interviews as odd as anything in Myst. "It's bizarre,'' Rand says. "Normal people just don't do this.''

They're so normal that getting their picture taken by Richard Avedon for a Gap advertisement made for a strange meeting. "We didn't even know who he was,'' Robyn Miller says sheepishly.

Recounts Rand: "We walk in and say, 'OK, film us.' He takes a few pictures. We're out of there. It wasn't until afterward when people saw the ad. . . .''

Continues Robyn: "They said, `You didn't tell us (the photographer) was Richard Avedon.' We're going, uuuuhhh.''

Adds Rand: "He was so nice, so normal. Such a nice guy.''

The Millers seem self-assured, not cocky. They're decked out in Pacific Northwest rugged attire, Rand the dressier with a wool sportcoat.

They genuinely care about Myst and how it's perceived. When Hollywood types began clamoring for the movie rights, "we kind of stepped back from that,'' Rand says. "It was kind of like a feeding frenzy.

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