Ooh, can’t wait to see what happens next. It’s very well written and your use of diction is dead-on (no pun intended!).
This series is getting good. Let’s see what THX does with this…

Very nice, especially the line, “Which of course would make things difficult.” And I love the drums, very visceral feel to it all. Ooh, I too wonder what THX will do with this…oh wait, that me. Shoot! Dang! Darn! Got to start thinking.