[author's notes]

Boy, those sure were some long 10 minutes. I've got a few small things I wanted to try writing before I got back to this story, but I am undecided if I should continue with Richard (for whom I have a few ideas), or go back to the introduction and start a female perspective.

If you have any opinions on this, I'd love to hear them. I'm new to this site, so if this is breaking etiquette of some kind, I apologize.