Wow. Thank you for such a detailed review. To the first point you raised: Yes, it is a story about taking risks. But, what i wanted to portray was the fact that Mike had actually done his homework, thanks to Ian, and even if Andrew didn't meet him in London, he had a back-up plan. Mike had planned this meticulously and it wasnt a heat of the moment decision in anyway for him. So, if not anything else, i thought that was a good thing that youngsters would gather from the story. As for the second point: It's not really random for the sake of randomness. it's just random thoughts that raise their heads in the context. neither you nor I can claim we have regular streamlined thoughts. so, that was what it was about. Oh, and Pat is just a friend, not very important, so Mike didnt want to waste words. I'm really happy that i could make you feel the different emotions that Mike was going through. That was sort of the intention. I do like Mr. Hunter a lot, really. as for Andrew, oh well, he's just a prince in a shining armour. The lady on the plane and the gatekeepers were just not worth it for him to spare words and counter, so he just ignored them as much as he could. And yes, like you pointed out, i thought it would be a journal entry, but then i realised people wouldn't really understand a lot if it was, so, i changed it to a letter form instead. (that is sort of based on my own style of writing letters to self, and i really dont know the technicalities of it) Thank you for your thoughts. I wanted this to have certain flaws, certain gaps, and leave a certain questions unanswered. mainly because it was written by someone who is sort of learning to breathe on his own for the first time, sort of. I'm really glad you enjoyed it.