Exxxxxcellent! Nicely ambiguous end there, too. Thanks so much for making this public. Yep, that's a fine seed crystal for a fuller story.

letting my Muse rest after she gave me a whole novel (all 40k words of it) in less than two weeks.

o_O I am in awe. And having been privileged to read the drafts, your Muse was en fuego!