nepalonmymind, Thanks for liking my writing. your observation is on point. the piece got longer because once i pulled on a strand the whole noodle factory issued forth in an avalanche. the attempt is to dwell on the place and make it alive as much as possible, to the extent that sometimes the point of the story took a back seat. But then i guess the place itself is a character as much as any one person in it. in the end, what is it? but an indulgence in the vistas of your mind, rein in the narrative that just keeps going, compromises and deliberately construct an ending.