Nice bit of prose indeed, jbee and penned as far back as 2009. You must have a considerable archive of forum posts and writings. Something I never did and so my deathless prosody on TSNS is gone forever.
I have a question: Several times in the past I have noted your use of the word moister for moisture and have wondered if it's a normal colloquialism for your neck of the woods, an americanism or simply an idiosyncrasy? One with considerable education and intellectual depth such as yourself would surely introduce this variant on purpose one feels.
Bet you don't
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John