>>(and with the emotion I picked up as a reader, I can only imagine
>>their power as the author...).
>
>Yeah, when it hit Gryph exactly what had happened during Kate's
>final days with Mr. Carpenter, it drop-kicked him into an odd mental
>state for a good while.

A while? I still feel weird about it. Contrary to popular belief, I don't like to do that kind of thing to characters, at least not any more. What happened to Kate reminded me of the kind of thing I would have done back in my Black Period (roughly, 1992-1994) just for some perverted approximation of "fun", and it disturbed me immensely to think I might be going back there, until I realized that there was a major difference this time around: I didn't want it to happen, and wouldn't have consciously chosen that course. Ironically, that indicated to me that it must be the right way to go.

Writing is a very strange activity sometimes.

--G.
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