Matt needs to be careful what he promises. War is tricky stuff, no one is assured of coming home, especially not when, like him, you are on the front line. One question - Owen said everyone who dies on earth comes to Galwrock - is that going to be explained a bit later on? Chapters like this are great, its a slice of reality amidst an impending war. What I mean is, in the back of our [the reader] minds, the enemy lurks, yet we are still able to see their lives and their struggles away from the war in a way that gives us further insight into who they are. I thought it was good. Andy