Oh, I agree as far as editing goes; I just ALWAYS run too long. IDK.

I am trying to portray Samuel as someone who has become pretty screwed up entirely, with everything that's happened, so the brief instances where he's confused should be the real him poking back through. I'll try to make that clearer when I revise. Although...I'm wondering if I want to do Samuel-redux at all, since Mira's already lost him once and grieved and everything. I'm worried about it being redundant.