Follow up on H&M chapter 8, anonymous readers

There are some new readers, yes, aehtna, Miseria-Veritas, and traveler from nowhere I am looking at you.  Thanks for the alerts and favs and if you have a question, feel free to drop by over here on an anon basis.

( This isn't the thud of story fail, is it? Really I'm just over-caffeinated.  )