Yay for caught up! (Have you read the inter-prelude (http://genlisae.livejournal.com/95028.html) as well? It turned out to be way more important than I planned so if not you might want to before the next update goes up. Warning though, just in case, it is probably not safe for work and I am told it is not safe for anywhere you don't want to explain why you are crying either :/ Didn't intend that.)

Oh wow, how to explain Tel. Umm, his character has kind of drug me along, kicking, screaming and objecting every step of the way while he said "Yeah, no. I don't care about your 'plot' and your 'plans'. It goes down this way. Deal with it."

He existed well before any hint of a story did and then even after the story started developing he wasn't supposed to be what he is now. Tel had other plans! (Ripp totally enabled those plans, because they are mean like that!) I can't really explain all of it yet, but I will!

:D All will start making sense soon (I love that actually, because I am mean like that. There is like one key piece of information missing and then a whole bunch of things are going to make a whole lot more sense! I am rather looking forward to watching the collective "OOOOOOH!" ... :/ that is assuming I can do it right.)