He put his books, manuals, and manuscripts on the shelves, and they now occupied most of the given space.[/quote]
Tense switch.
He tried no to feel guilty as he stood in front of the window;
Not to, correct?
Only two things I picked out. The bold italics threw me a bit. Normally, if you want to stress something that's already in italics, like a thought, you un-italicize that word. With the situations you used the bold in, though, I don't think that would work. For the bold, "don't think about it," you could break it down. Don't. Think about it. The same goes for the other line.
However! If you already knew about those methods and you used bold anyway as your chosen emphasis, that's fine. Keep it as is, it's your own personal writing style. In case you didn't, there you go. ^^
I'm liking Moya. Normally, when you have an animal in a story, they're more in the background. They don't really do much, they're just... there. Sometimes they're there to provide characterization for the main character (are they a dog person or a cat person?) but they still don't really do much. Moya seems like her own character with her own personality. Definitely more depth than other pets. And she does seem to be helping him out, with everything. She seems to hold him up.
On the why he's here:
Getting more interesting. Really want to learn who the boy was and who the lady is. Going to be a great read, I think. I'd appreciate it if you'd post me the link when you get the next part up -- would want to continue reading this. Your characters seem rock solid.
Before I go, another thing that rubbed at my spine was the introduction to the flashback. While necessary, could it possibly be done in a way that didn't involve the word flashback? Flash back just seems... like a term used by the readers to refer to something about the characters, not the characters referring to themselves. Just a quick switch out of words, nothing too big.
And that's about it.
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