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Honestly, I think Jeremy was hovering in a corner like Yoda, going, I have taught you well, you are who you were meant to be, drama queens... @PrivateTim just hates Will, but I do think this is more Will's fault than Austin. It is damn near impossible to have your cake and eat it too. That said, Austin is just hotwired to fall in love with anyone he is sleeping with. He went into this knowing about Travis, so he bears at least a large chunk of the responsibility. This is never going to end well, the question is just who all will go down when it blows up?

Johnny needs to give it his all, but he mustn't lose who he fundamentally is in doing so. He has those around him that can help him, but he has to allow it, without it interfering where he is going with this. Excellent.

If Mr. D asked for forgiveness, would it be given? Mr. D may have made an error; the time he needs may well be the time that Devin needs as well. Theron has become just a witness, but who will he testify for in the end? What is left of Luka is reaching out, will the tree assist it, or hinder it.

Love the little slices of daily life, these are just a few things that go into making a connection into a relationship. Neil is reticent about sharing his work, but he is gradually opening up more and more, a sign of how comfortable he is getting with Alex. I do wonder how Charlie is doing. Sometimes mother's ask questions that they really don't want an answer to.

Devin has learned enough to know that he believes even his life is worth being forfeited to find the truth. Theron has learned that he cannot manipulate Devin, and on an level he doesn't understand, doesn't want to. Mr. D has been watching and waiting, and what he thinks, only God knows. Magnificent chapter, and I truly cannot wait to see what happens next.

Levi is on a journey, not a quick jaunt. He can reach out to others, Matt, Luke, and Father Costas, but in the end, he will have to look into his mind and heart and make the decisions. This is not a quick nor easy process. Matt and Luke can just continue to be there for him. While they can ask Tim and Guy to tone it down, is that really fair to them? It is their house as well. I understand if they had done a major make out in front of Levi, but it was some pretty innocent touches and a small kiss, not even any tongue involved. LOL. Wonderful chapter, it flowed beautifully and I can't wait to see what happens next.

Sebastian probably did not even fully know what he was repeating or did and is a little assmite. Cole just wants to belong, and don't we all really. Especially in a society like this one, you need someone that cares for you. Frank never really got over killing Flynn, it was an accident. I wonder who all knows that, at one point only I think that only Frank's parents and Dante were privy to that, I wonder if anyone else knows, it might come out in front of Cole at some point. And that would not be good. Wonderful chapter.

We don't know what Taggert has been through, but it must have been hell at some point. He truly flinches like a dog that has been beat one time too many. Clean-up on a ranch or farm after a storm like that is essential. You have to know what was damaged, what it will take to get everything functional, and if you lost any equipment or worse, livestock or crops. Animals are smart when it comes to storms, they have a natural survival instinct and unless it is just impossible to do so, will generally escape severe injury or loss of life. Ash just wants Taggert to talk to him, and that may well be the one thing, that Taggert will have to most trouble doing.

Hmmm....

Being self-aware, knowing how strong you are is a strength; arrogance is not. Calder looked at the room, but did he truly see what he thought he did. Xavier and Austin connected more than either of them knew, but will the connection hold? What is the deadline that Austin has for leaving the island? Is it self-imposed or is there something else involved.

Did the purity of the love that Luka and Devin shared just kill Theron? Did what the tree stored, did the tree know, come rushing back to save Devin at the moment that he truly had to be saved? Did the creature in Theron, for the first time in a millennium find something it could not stand against? Luka gave himself to save Devin, but did the love that Devin always had for Luka save them both? MORE....

Bruce may love Johnny, but he has a life. He has a job that means so much to him and doesn't need Johnny to take care of him. Johnny and Bruce both need to know that the next step is them together, not them separately moving in the same direction. Violet is taking a chance on Johnny, but it will challenge him in a way nothing ever has before. If it works, he could be set; but a failure could end it all.

As always, thanks for the dive @Myr

WOW, the let's get tested and no condoms talk came way earlier than I would have thought and went about how I would have thought. LOL I cannot wait to see how Alex used Neil's song in his opera Werther. I hate that Neil won't be there to see how it comes off life in front of an audience for the first time; although Alex is right, he got to hear it straight from the composer's mouth, and that might beat all. Glad that Lila brought Liam and Neil got to meet him and see him in action, he got over his reaction and seemed to have a good time with it all. Truly a lovely chapter.

Two steps forward, one step back; I think that needs to be the mantra for the moment. Levi has begun to accept that these people are his family, he misses his mother and grandparents, but they are gone and this group of people are the ones here for him now. Matt has made a couple of missteps, but the idea to let Levi come to this on his own is spot on. You can't make someone change their beliefs; you can only help them see other sides to the issues or ideas. Levi is beginning to look at what the people around him now and question why some of what was said was right or said in anger, or for whatever reason. Levi's first view of Thompsonville is very positive, will it all be, I sort of doubt it. But Matt and Luke have to give him time to come around on his own, to make his own decisions, and decide how HE feels about them and the situations ahead of him.