Okay, I'm working on the response now.  I'd like to talk about Jaspin and Elizabeth for a sec.  I wanna talk about how we think they met and how their relationship grew and specific moments they might have shared.  The intimacy and chemistry is all in the details.  It'll make the fallout all the more painful with those moments backing it up.

Also, I finally had a burst of inspiration about Bela's story, at last.  I intend to finish it tonight.  I'm so excited about it.  It unites all the aspects of him I wanted into a coherent and reasonable backstory.  Finally, it makes sense why he'd join the clan.  At last.