@NotHereEverMore Thanks for continuing to read, vote and comment! As for your thoughts, John and the girls' perspectives all go back to how they viewed their interactions with John in high school. Except for Laura since her and John's relationship started more or less at birth. There's a lot of regret around that time with him for them because of what they did and didn't do. As for Luke on the other hand... Wow what a minefield that'll be! Their perspectives are something that my readers can see since I'm writing this from 1st person viewpoints. In fact that's probably the biggest reason I chose to write it in 1st person. But just because the readers can see it, that doesn't mean the characters can, you know? And as for John's perspective on the girls right now, he feels like he's moved on from that time in his life and why wouldn't he? He's a married man now. And dealing with all of the problems that come with living in diablos. Having said that though, there's more than one reason why John became a Paladin. Having said that, I'm sure there'll come a time when he starts to think more about Laura, Lucy, Jaime and Ashley... Just maybe when he's not trying to create a major city from scratch or when he's not caught in a warzone fighting for his life, who's to say for sure? That's all I'll say for now about that. As for the Elves... Well... Pride and arrogance apparently go before a fall. I'll leave it at that for now as well. Again though, thank you for keeping up with the story and I hope you enjoy reading what's coming as much as I enjoy writing it!