Lady Mirth has it right. I hadn't read the Shiva book, and I DID name it after the Hindu god of destruction.
Hmmm...Framework...you have a lot of ideas. How many of them come true....we'll see.
The same thing to you Pam...

(And thanks for your quite detailed feedback all of this time).
Jojo...trust me. Mostly happy endings are my specialty (and sometimes wholly happy endings.)
Thanks Anks, Jackie, Maria. You guys have been very supportive.
I've written 2/3rds of the next chapter already. If only I knew what to do with this whole gang problem. (And Luthor is not the gang leader. It's Louie's boss.)
Well, off to see "The Astronaut Farmer." Maybe Louie will decide to build a rocket....
