Eee! ::huge grin:: I'm so glad you liked it, and that you got that impression. It gives me hope for my novel.

I was trying to give the impression that this was taking place in a much larger story. (I'm actually thinking of tucking this scene somewhere into the novel itself.) There is actually a lot here that will factor into my book. Theo's nightmares, the storms, things like that.

And their names! I was worried that they wouldn't work with the characters. Shane is (loosely) physically based on my uncle Shane. :p Other than that though, they're not based on anyone in particular. I came up with who they were, then named them.

I'm just so giddy over you liking it that I'm probably not very coherent. :D ::huge squishy hugs::