Love it. Shadow being Shadow, and then the link - a reference to a tiny scene in a different story. I like Ceola, and she's definitely better off now. Hope Jasper sticks around...huh. Shadow partner - I wonder if that still held all those years later? But without Min, the place was in much better shape, so she might well have paid him off. I like these filling-in stories...there are, of course, an infinite number of stories in and around Korval, and not many fewer if you limit it to just this generation. But it's fun to get a glimpse. ( )