Well,
this is certainly an unexpected turn of events. I thought I picked up on hints of
something going on with Verrik (I'll have to go back and see if I can find the references), but I had no inkling of anything like this.
I like when a story takes me places I wasn't expecting.

And I'm very much looking forward to seeing where this new Verrik thread carries me.
And, once again, I'm really enjoying the crew's interactions with their newest member. In Liu, you've given us an interesting, intuitive and multi-layered character who continues to surprise. Again, I
like that.
Carry on.