My friend, the questions you ask and the ideas you pose always amaze me! I do dump them into the 'pool' in my head, but too often these ideas cannot be answered immediately or even really considered too much without referring back to older tales. In the broad universe Charlie and the guys have been mapping out for themselves, structuring is sometimes as much whim as logically thought-out. I do try to follow what came before, as I do dislike to contradict earlier elements of their lives. But just now, I have no answers for these two questions.
I am working on my health, and improving. The current CB story needs an ending. I intend there to be one, definitely.
Very best,
Geron