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Glad to know it was effective. Thanks for the review.

Hopefully he was talking about the night before. Otherwise I may have made a mistake. :|

The Prophet Theodore. Maybe I'll write another book under that name.

Brady is actually based off of someone I know, or rather his physical appearance is. The personality and the inspiration don't max. The only difference is that the eighteen-year-old boy I know with the curly beard has really dark brown hair instead of blonde, but I don't think that disqualifies Brady. We'll have to see what happens with the song, won't we?

It might calm down in a bit. I'm not entirely sure. I just write the story and then people tell me what the pace is, haha! I hope it's manageable. There are a few more short chapters coming up, but most of them will be the same length as the others have been.

Thanks for reading it. It was emotional to write.

Well, I may need to know more about dogs. There will be a sequel. . . Oh, did I just say that? If you check out the forum for this story I've already responded to the Wendy's question. I hope you'll forgive me for not posting my response here. I'm trying to get more traffic over to the forum.

Welcome to the party! Even if you are late, seems I'm late in replying to this review as well. Silas definitely can take care of himself. He's got the experience to know when he's safe and when he isn't.

The band opened with Navigator the second night of their performance, and the response from the crowd was even better, though it was not as spiritual for Brady as it had been the night before. The Knitting Factory had been sold out due to the popularity of White-Chocolate Antifreeze, and it was the largest group that they had ever played for, but the night before had been an experience that Brady still couldn't put out of his mind. After the show they had packed up their instruments as quick

Silas has a great deal of pride, and it has kept him away from other people almost as much as his fear of rejection has. He knows who he is and what he wants in the moment, though his ability to plan for the future isn't as good as it could be.

Silas was always willing to put his own life at risk in order to keep away from other people and prove his independence, but once another person's life was in jeopardy he couldn't justify it anymore. He might have run forever if he hadn't come across Chelsea at that moment.

Chapter 8 is perhaps the most pivotal chapter of the first part of the story. There is so much that happens here that affects everything else, and when we return to Silas again there will be some big changes, not only for him but for everyone involved. And I scolded Adam for not liking rock music too. Shame on him, really.

Well he is a master boy scout with two years of living in the wilderness to rely on. It's not that difficult to survive a blizzard if you know what you're doing. But if you pay attention to Adam then you're not alone in thinking that Silas has lost his mind. He's doing the best he can to help Silas and then finally offers the blanket as a last effort. But this is a pivotal chapter and is really the turn of events for the whole story. I think you'll like future developments, but what can I say? I'm the author so of course I want you to keep reading.

The answer to both of your questions is Saturday. I suppose this is as good a time as any to show that the chapters follow a pattern. Two Silas chapters and one Brady chapter. If you're looking for the band to come back just look to every third chapter. As for Adelaide . . . I've mentioned elsewhere that I know nothing about dogs, at all. But this story wouldn't have worked out without her, and so I had to write a dog. I don't know how well I did, but it seems that for the most part no one is complaining. And when it comes to being bisexual . . . I used to identify as bisexual before I learned that pansexuality was a thing, and I received that kind of abuse from people often. There are several other stories I've written that follow bisexual teens, and that's part of the reason why I wrote them. We're all normal, we're all here, and we shouldn't let anyone try and take that from us.

THank you, as always, for the review. This chapter is really the turning point of the whole story. With it being the point of true contact between Ian and Silas, Silas has big opportunities for change over the coming chapters. And now he has the whole gang together to help him through it.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I wrote Chelsea in order to make her that kind of Christian. I've spent to much time in distrust of the faith of my childhood that I often start to think that all Christians are the same. This isn't the case, of course, and Chelsea is my way of expressing that. I know that there are a lot of people out there who like to generalize, and I've been guilty of it many times myself, but I find that people are not that simple. Every individual is different from everyone else, and it's better to embrace that diversity. Silas understands this too, at least on an instinctual level, but all of those years of conditioning keep him from realizing it consciously.

"Where are we headed for dinner?" Silas asked as he climbed into an old, rusted sedan with Adam. Adelaide crawled into the back while Silas took the passenger seat and looked over at Adam with a grin. Adam seemed genuinely happy to see him, but there was a nervousness in his eyes as well that gave Silas pause. "I was thinking of going to Mom's Diner," Adam said with a shrug, "It's this . . ." "Anywhere but there," Silas interrupted quickly, "Sorry. I realize I've only been in town for a

Wednesday. Stay tuned. Chapter 8 will be just as dramatic as 7.

I think you've nailed Silas pretty well. He's very focused on survival, not only for himself but for Adelaide, and he'll always do what it takes. Now, to some extent, that feeling extends toward Chelsea as well. As to everything else... Well, things are about to change and I'm not giving any spoilers. We'll just have to see how right or wrong everyone is.

Welcome to the story! I'm glad your enjoying it and I'm looking forward to your further input. Next chapter will post on Wednesday. See you then!

You'll learn Adam's age soon enough. He's older than he looks, but he's still young. As Silas is sixteen, there's a four year difference between him and Theo, but you're right that there isn't that much between Silas and Brady. It's a non-issue to me, just not necessarily to them. I was going for the sense of dread, by the way, so I'm glad someone felt that way. Adam is awesome in a lot of ways, actually. He's one of my favorites.

"Morality Police" I'll have to remember that term. It might even spawn a new story idea. Silas definitely has some growing up to do, but at least he's on the right track, don't you think? Big changes are in store over the next few chapters. This is only the beginning.

I doubt that anyone is pleased with Officer Higgins or her actions. She really does like to abuse her authority, doesn't he? Connections will be drawn soon enough, and I promise that chapter 8 will be every bit as dramatic as chapter 7 was. Stay tuned.

Silas walked quickly down the path. Now that he had traveled it for two days he already knew it well enough that he could practically do it blindfolded simply from the way the trail felt under his feet. Even if he couldn’t Adelaide certainly would have been able to, and that would have been more than enough in the event he couldn’t find his way back. Checking the traps in the morning had taken longer than he had expected it to. He had caught a rabbit and a squirrel the night before, and he d