Yes, I think that the fact we had a "reason" for them to meet helped with establishing a direction to which the story should go and a goal it should achieve. We had some surprises on the way, but we have survived, both the authors and the characters
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In a Cardassian
library or in a Cardassian
gallery?
"Reagan, it appears, is really only an ardent unionist if the unions in question are in Poland" - Stephen King,
Skeleton Crew