Thanks for your comments!
Debbie I agree with your statements. In fact, it was a bit difficult for me to pin down a time frame for all this to be happening, because I assumed it would be more likely that someone would go bad sooner, but I wanted it to (a) take place after Tempus' time and (b) not be the very first time something like this has happened, although of course this is on a larger scale. Also, your concern for Johanna is not unwarranted.
Iolanthe Wow! I really love that idea now! Clark slowly descending into this pessimist who tries to fix more and more things but instead just loses more and more control... Unfortunately, that's not the case here, but it's a great theory.
Stay tuned! I'll hopefully post the second chapter by the weekend, but I might go a bit slower than that because my bestie is getting married in a week and there's still a heck of a lot to do. :P
