WARNING: this entire thread is a spoiler for my forthcoming novel.
A separate thread was requested, beginning here with Chapter 7. Chapters 1-6 can be read on the If I Can Tell A Story thread or in thsi pdf.
A little more history, then we'll get back to adventuring.
I was out all day on Tuesday and when I got home Dave was a good three quarters of the way through Firefly Lantern, he scarcely stopped reading to speak to me and basically read it in one session - so I think it's fair to say, he loved it! He has been playing 'You Got a Friend' a lot too! He said I should tell you that, as you clearly enjoyed Lord of the Rings, as he did, we called one of our dogs 'Frodo'!