Thank you. And, don't worry about being slow, because I'd be slow to post. Anyway, I posted this last year. It's the story that sort of generated the project, and it's basically the prologue of the first novel. Nothing in this changes in the re-write; its just going to be expanded upon somewhat, so if you'd like you can read this to familiarize yourself with the universe.

http://so-out-of-ideas.livejournal.com/81890.html