this is what i get for skimming. man. i'm so obsessed right now that when i saw your post just before heading off to bed, i scanned for "due south," saw it, printed it and carried it off to bed with me.

and, right, the theme is long. meaning i did not finish reading before i had to sleep. meaning i was left in the UTTER DESPAIR of that story. i mean, it's really amazing. so it was effective in producing said sense of despair. i literally woke up this morning thinking about ray putting a gun in his mouth.

all this is to say that i swear to pay full attention to your posts before taking any rash action in the future.

:)