Thank you all so much, that last bit was both fun and sad and wonderful and so bittersweet to write. Sure Serge, I imagine Gabe could hear anything he liked between Daisy and Veti. And [i]no one[/i] has to write for a year out if they don't want - it was just something I had in my head, that our amazingly patient and cat-herding GM Heroes let me play with at the end - and would have never gotten done without the brilliance of Tirg and Dot. 

Still yes, to your question Serge, I imagine he would have been on missions and gotten to know some people as well. Very much looking forward to all your posts, as well as Dot's and Derren's - I feel pretty confident they're going to have even more for us here at this amazing closing of the second chapter. And then to our GM's book end post... The word "bittersweet" just keeps going through my head, and seems so perfect too!