Thanks for the comments.
Yes, I am a pretty bad grammarian, which is another reason why I haven't written much outside of Lois and Clark in recent years. No beta readers for original stuff. It's also why I would never be able to beta for anyone else.
Paul, as you guessed, the name Teri in this story is just coincidence. I just liked the name and thought it would work well for a female cat person. Louki on the other hand is a definite 'nod' toward that certain Ascardian trickster. I intended for the character to have a mischievious and somewhat playfully insolent nature.
As for the haircut. It just works well for the story. I've found that the act of cutting a woman's hair allows one to present a dramatic moment of assault and a certain degree of defilement without resorting to a lot of actual physical violence. It also works well in context of the common perception of elvin vanity.
Ralph is obviously the comedy relief. I had to do a lot of research on bad puns and jokes for his character. (I bought a small book on bad jokes).
I've only a couple more small chapters written which I may post here (after I've looked them over a bit to see if I can catch some of the grammar problems), but I have worked out a skelatol outline and have written some backstory. I've also laid some groundwork for a possible sequel if I choose to bring it that far. (Fat chance of that).
Tank the Retired (who is comfortably still retired since Kae is wise enough to not involve herself in the haircut challenge... maybe she feels sorry for the old man)
