And thank you for reviewing AW! I'm glad you liked it! I'll write more later. I was feeling a little stung by what was just underneath your review. The usual, loved it, BUT, and I don't mind the buts, really I don't. But... oh well. press on. The whole Peter as NCO vs officer isn't something I'd anticipated -- shocking that -- well, not really, but it's working. Someone had mentioned earlier in comments the sports that one class would play vs another (football vs rugger/rowing/cricket) and I'm seeing that as I tease this out. We have the fact that the Pevensies are in public schools, that Peter is studying with the Professor, and that Edmund injures himself in rugger -- all indicia of a middle/upper middle class background. The NCOs are all playing football and are described as being these Cockneys, Londoners, police officers, and "scallywags." There is a class thing going on and their nuances that Americans just don't understand. The whole concept of the "batman" is probably more familiar to Americans through literature (Frodo and Sam, or Peter Whimsey and Bunter).