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Thanks for the review. I'll keep those points in mind as I revise (and I didn't realize how little plot was involved in this chapter. It was intended to introduce ...

I'll definitely change the first one, and will consider the second. On the third, that's a style thing that I may or may not keep post-revision. Basically, anything in brackets ...

Thanks for the review! On the "said" note, I tend to keep it more than change it because one of my pet-peeves is when writers replace "said" too much. When ...

Thanks for the review! Glad you liked it.

Haha, that's one long review, Cow! Yeah, reading all of it might give the context for the dialogue, but I will look into in during revision. Thanks for the review!

Nope, no Francois that I know of. Glad to be of help.

Gotcha on the Doyle note; all else acknowledge.

Glad you liked the poem. Yes, that line is meant as is. Grammatically, that first "was" is part of the verb of that dependent clause. P.E.T. (plain English translation): That ...

No problem, glad to help.

No problem, glad to help.

Thanks for the review! A bit of an explanation on the word choices: Glibly was (why am I suddenly thinking of Dwarves? Oh, right...Gimli and company...hmm, hadn't thought of that) ...

Thank you!

Thank you for the review. The point of the poem was not that scientists are incapable of appreciating nature, but that "true" Scientific appreciation strips away all the fantastic (literally ...

Thanks! Yeah, I had trouble with the Light line, but at this point I don't have a revision that keeps the paradox of the wave-particle nature of light. Ah, thanks ...

Thanks! Glad you liked it.