Status Updates From Once Upon a Western Shore (...

"I'll leave you two to float the furniture and consult your crystal balls."

I am loving the progression of Lee n Gid's relationship. Things have gotten more mystical but their personalities remain, which means sarcasm keeping things down to earth. :D

Oh Gid, I love you so lol.

Q: Gideon always carried a freshly laundered handkerchief. That was another good village constable’s habit. What with one thing and another—car crashes, lost dogs, ne’er-do-well sons arrested for dope or bloody unthinkable downloads, somebody somewhere would end up crying. He held out the handkerchief towards her, and she grabbed at it blindly, like a child.

I'm loving the family focus. This is def one of the more magic filled stories in this series. Gid and Lee are still two of my favorite characters ever. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Q: “Pull it together, handsome. Don’t get so far out of uniform they never let you back in.”

Gideon looked into the anxious face raised to his. “Sorry,” he said. “Am I being a dick?”

“No, not at all. Just... yourself, only more so. Gideon with the brakes off.” /Q

Heh, the citizens of Dark, aka their friends and neighbors, are circling the wagons around Gid and Lee, and wee mighty Tamsie. Heh! Bodmin Moor folklore is born.

Q: Warm breezes, not to be blocked by the new drystone walls, made their insinuating way across the grass, bringing with them whispered promises of summer, of life renewed.../Q