Rumy used to live entirely in art: "Comics are my language." Now she has people whom she misses when apart from them. Will used to be Kath's arm candy. Kath used to feel on top of the world. Shanna used to be a snide outside observer.

People change, but not all people, and not all at once. Tim is still a simple-life-lovin' porndog above all else. He wouldn't have escaped.

"People change." It's possible to read that statement as a declaration of what kind of writer I was going to be. I think I followed up on that.