Wow, it has been a very, very long time. This one is long, and I make no apologies for it, there was just no reasonable place to break it up. If you like longer chapters you should be going into convulsions of happiness right about now. Also, why does this bard keep popping up? Hmmm. . . Love to all of you and thank you for being patient. Gratitude to Wendy, as always.

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