Poobos

Thank you!

My apologies! My questions aren't entirely rhetorical, but they're not really intended to be answered either (not all of them, anyway), it's mostly just the way I think and talk ...

Smiley face unintended - that's a colon inside brackets, though I'm guessing you probably do know what a colon is!

Thank you muchly!

Fair points. Not sure I'd agree authors always leave out 'mundane' things, but I guess it does take a certain kind of author to include the repulsive stuff, as well ...

It's very good as a writing exercise, and you have 'shown' very well. Actually, to be fair, I should have given some praise to your writing style and characterization of ...