I like where you’re going with this, and thanks for being the first person to write a sequel for me :-)

Just one thing… If you swapped “My searching fingers…” for “His searching fingers…” the ‘person’ / perspective of your ficlet would be consistent all the way through. I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the jolt from third person to first and back to third just doesn’t quite gel…

Other than that, nice work, and once more – thanks :-)

Aye, I wrote it in first person, then realized it was inconsistant with your initial chapter, so I went back and changed them on the fly – missed some apparently. Will change.