My NUMBER ONE RULE in here (and with gallery comments), dialyn: Appreciate it ANYTIME ANYONE has ANYTHING to say about your efforts as long as it doesn't resemble a remark like, "Well, THAT sucks!" Without having some feedback, it's difficult to know how to improve. I may agree or may disagree with what someone had to say. I think I'm fairly objective and scrutinize all comments. The problem for me is one you touched upon: Sometimes the writer sees the entire image or scene in her/his mind and overlooks a detail that needs to be moved from the brain to the writing. I, for example, added the final short paragraph because my wife suggested I had never clearly stated which direction the boy was headed. She considered it entirely possible he had stayed out too late and was sneaking home. In my mind, I never even SAW that aspect of it. So, this is my verbose way of saying thanks for the response! (And anyone else wanting to embrace "Chuck's Number One Rule" wouldn't be doing a bad thing, IMO.) PS: Soup, huh? (LOL)