I agree. He was becoming too passive. And I feel the same way about Mattie, even though this is more or less her story to tell. I think part of my problem is that I started in the middle from where I probably would have started if I was sitting down and planning it, and as such have been trying to push action into all the catch up exposition type stuff. When I write it for real I'll know what to look for because of you guys, so thank you.