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Dont spend too long in the shower with Isaac, Mickey. It's not too big a step for I AM CHAOS to move from being MESS HALL COMMANDER to CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP!

When all is over, and Mickey and Isaiah take off for some well deserved "R & R" shall we call it , the Vixen will definitely be in the safe hands of Dmitri and gremlin. Though under the supervision of Jesse hopefully.

The end of the walk? Maybe. But the start of something deeper? Time out for Julien to reveal more of his life to Oliver? An incapacitated Oliver to accept finally he does not need control in his life but freedom from it? A time for both to take stock of their need for each other?

One should never underestimate the gremlin. He is after all the great I AM. Provided he has BEANS and a SPOON. And a kindred spirit in Dmitri.

" Mum said ..... you didn't care about anything ." " I cared," he said. " I just didn't know how to show it ". A lovely father son moment at a time of danger. Mickey is finally growing up. Into his loving father role for Dmitri. Into his loving boyfriend one for Isaiah.

Both young men are blessed in having such loving parentage. OK styles somewhat different from each other but real love nonetheless.

Karl has experienced the kind of loving he has wanted but held back from for years. Tom does not expect him to rush back but to take his own time. "My door is open. No expectations. Just us". Karl however now has a secret, and come out it will. Honestly by telling his wife himself; by her smelling a different scent on him; or by someone seeing and reporting where he goes? And a woman scorned....

A tender lyrical episode of one man finding his inner self with another. Easily gently and lovingly. Hoping for a new free life away from the loveless marriage he is trapped in.

Lovely interlude at the river. Mannly in the playroom? After his experience at the hands of sadistic bullies? Mmmm. I wonder.

Festina lente Another lyrical chapter. Both men finding delight in walking and nature and in their evolving relationship. Beautiful.

The distances between the two men are closing. Escaping the constrictions both have built around themselves. Oliver has made a good start but Julien has yet to unburden himself. Still a way to go.

Now we know in the mix we have two children ( ok three if you count in Mickey) . Dmitri tearful scared but plucky using his skills as a gamer to aid the escape of the Vixen; Gremlin BEANLESS SPOONLESS scared but from an aggressive species. "I still have TEETH. I will BITE". And now another grown up. Jesse joins the fray. All will be well. Great fantasy.

Interestingly, Julien speaks of climbing, considering the mountain as a host, himself as a guest. This draws a parallel to his relationship with Marie, she saw herself as a guest, Julien as host. Oliver is opening up more to Julien, becoming more " honest". Julien is still more of a closed book.

Slowly Oliver and Julien are freeing themselves from the self imposed restrictions each had placed on previous relationships. There is a greater ease between the two. Oliver is in love with Julien who has more to reveal. Another lovely lyrical chapter.

"Omnia vincit amor: et nos cedamus amori." Virgil. A pleasing ending to an enjoyable, engrossing , detailed story lyrically told. Thank you.