This just posted over on the Archives with a few changes due to contextual errors!
Thanks again to Michael, Olive, and datasprite12 for your terrific suggestions.
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.