hehe johnjyu, i was only yelping gibberish in response to some of the comments that came up, which i could have laughed off easily but the overtly opinionated person, that i am, doesn't fall short on putting forth opinions every now and then :P. i certainly did comprehend the confused state of the protagonist (or is it antagonist :P) in the story and i can only read it and applaud the way you narrated his psyche. not that my personal view owns any gravity here, but while i do understand his state, i could not personally relate to it not because it's unorthodox but because it does not seem to come out from the person which i am. tetti matra ho. i am not denying it could be possible and/or it could well be morally correct. that said, who knows? 5 years down the line, and i may be on the same boat :P btw, this thread rocks even more with all these comments that came out of the minds which were made to think hard by the story you narrated. kudos to you for that! LooTe