Well, it looks like I haven't scared off everyone. I promise that all the toys go back in the box intact, albeit with a couple of scratches in the paint.

mrsMyxzptlk: Your question about the other person's diagnosis is quite valid, but that will be answered in the next post.

John: You're teasing your fellow readers again. Please don't poke sticks through the bars at the animals. They don't like it very much. (Trust me, I know this from experience.)

Mouserocks: Imaginary goatee? Very Freudian of you. Sorry to fool you on the multi-chapter part - wasn't my intention. And your comment about the other person and the possibility of legal action will also be answered in the next chapter.

BJ: Lois has something "terribly contagious?" Would I do that to her? Maybe. Read And Find Out! And I plan to post twice a week, but I don't want to lock myself into specific days. My life is too hectic for that.

Next chapter up very soon!


Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing