[Graham]

Originally Posted by Graham

Thanks, Jim.

Useful stuff. I'll see what changes I can make.

Graham

I've uploaded the (hopefully) final version of Cutting It Fine.

I made all three of your specific changes, Jim, including a new paragraph instead of the pickled onions one. Thanks again.

Spoiler:

But I decided against making it clear that it was an option to stay earlier in the story. I can't think how to do that without telegraphing the ending. I'm comfortable leaving that for readers to mull after they've finished; it's implied that by keeping back the Commander the Krub assent to humans still being around, and the narrator does rationalise it to himself in the closing paragraphs.

Graham