Not to be a pedantic party-pooper, but: The appearance of Toby prompted me to reread "Traditions," where he first appeared. I was startled towards the end to find that Levi was already there--he didn't amount to much there so I'd forgotten. I love how the end of "Out of the Blue" connects up directly with Toby's meeting of Levi as "confessed" by Toby in "Traditions."
Here's the party-pooper part: a big aspect of the whole year of "Traditions" is the disruption caused by Covid, but that's the very same year of Levi's new life in Thompsonville, where nothing like Covid disrupts anything. Since you've otherwise been so careful to try to coordinate people's ages and other such details across stories, this bothers my pedantic side.
Meanwhile, was the fleeting reference to a "Sandman Art Gallery" any kind of hint to the future life of Danny and Jake? [Actually, I see that this was already queried and hinted about in the comments to Chapter 10, so never mind the question!]
