Excerpt Set to Music #2

I'm back! Okay, you guys probably didn't notice my absence, but I had visiting family for most of last week, so I was mostly offline for several days while I did some sightseeing and quality time (the mirror maze, and board games, and Rock Band, and Schlitterbahn!) with my dad, stepmother, and my two baby brothers. Only one of whom is anywhere near infancy now.

But now I'm back, and playing catch-up. I'm still organizing the Alpha blog tour, so if I haven't answered your request to join, I swe...