Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words, it's a thrill to be recognised. Honestly, you should see the big stack of paper, not to mention the folder on my PC -- the amount of development is a bit silly; some days I'm not sure why I got myself into this.
Character development is important. No-one sees what some of the characters have seen without it changing them, or simply revealing what type of person they are. Though, I was thinking I had given Shay enough bits of fluff to keep him going! Are more sexy-times needed? Mira certainly would not complain. Hmmmmmmm.