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BIE: I'd been stuck for a while at one plot point that I thought wasn't going to be a big deal, but ended up being fairly crucial to the entire trilogy. I had sort of glossed over it when the thought originally crossed my mind that I'd have to address it, but I skipped ahead and thought I'd just whip out a sentence or two and it would all stick together.

Of course, that was just completely wrong.

After kicking the dilemma around for a week or two and realizing that forward progress on Book Two was going to be basically impossible without filling the hole, I decided that today was going to be the day I'd resolve it.

Had to.

Can't say that every detail has been absolutely ironed out, but I think I came up with something during an afternoon jam session that fits the bill, and I think fits pretty nicely.

At this point, all I can say is... whew! That was a close one...