Christy, I do believe you have just induced brain lightning! Which means the next chapter just might finally have a point, a goal, a thing to work towards and provide a plot that can be scattered with all sorts of good stuff! YAY! THANK YOU! Now all I have to do is finish my homework... And then I can get back to writing.
<Examines homework> Oh goodness, she gave us SIX problems? Doesn't she realize that each problem is about nine problems? Sheesh. Well then, the factored form of x squared plus three x plus two all divided by x minus one quantity cubed...