Laura: Thank you for the applause and your kind words.
Everyone has voted to keep this last section of the story, so I guess it's officially a part.
Thank you all for reading and for taking the time to give me feedback. I really appreciate it.
VirginiaR. "On the long road, take small steps." -- Jor-el, "The Foundling" --- "clearly there is a lack of understanding between those two... he speaks Lunkheadanian and she Stubbornanian" -- chelo.