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Well that was a fun chapter. I know some people will expect explosions and gun battles (Those will happen later), but most data-based investigations are inconclusive until you can find common threads or links. Despite the advances in technology, deductive reasoning as seen on CSI, NCIS, or Criminal Minds based on hard evidence alone is not enough.

I am introducing a genre concept for GA writers and readers, Abductive Reasoning. Detective stories and their characters derive ideas from inductive reasoning or deductive reasoning in most cases, like Sherlock Holmes. Abductive reasoning is an old concept that is also a good juncture between Computer science and Law, so I hope you guys enjoy my simple reference into it with Hunter's thought process. There are logical issues with this kind of thinking, which was why it has been neglected in favor of the other two in popular TV shows, but in practice, it can work as a good theoretical basis of computer software issues in programming (Basically Computer experts like Hunter use this kind of logic to explain bugs in their programming by deriving a likely cause).

As for the personal facts, Hunter is a complex guy, he isn't just your ordinary computer geek stereotype. His relationship with Ryan was formative and unique to a degree that few of us will ever share. Being gay does not guarantee you a partner, who honestly loves you or who can complement you. Jeremy and Evan are an example of that kind of relationship. Benji and Kevin represent the weird quandary that we have between friendship and partner, some gay guys, me included, have bonds and sex with people we love, but who we know will never be our partners, because we can't commit to them. Is that a bad thing? Not always if both parties understand that fact, but it is an honest reflection of LGBT community, where we are trying to find the one, usually in vain.

Last point, then I will stop yammering, this chapter introduces some important elements for the next 6 chapters of the story. This is the Eye of the storm, it seems calm and serene, but shit will hit the fan soon from multiple directions. A fight against fundamentalist faction in Christianity is not going to be Hunter'sonly problem.