I do know that I don't post on this thread as often as some of the other posters around here...but I've had a lot to deal with in the last couple of weeks, what with one dead relative, two dying ones, and a wedding that is going to take me out of E for a good week and a half starting on Thursday...so if that's not enough justification for you, then I should probably just say you can drop me from the game now.  Plus, Zara's the one (far as I know) that has the whole story done out, and things have considerably slowed in his presence.  Plus...it's just been a bunch of sidestuff happening, not a whole lot of plot as far as I see.