And thank you to being so gracious about this whole and also talking about how it's not "don't use this word" but "use words with intention" because that's not just good human advice, it's good writing advice.

Also, that story about the west caused me ridiculous amounts of stress (hence it's never ending disclaimer) -- it means a lot to me that we can a) have this conversation and b) you think I did well there, because it felt like it had a lot of potential points of fail when I was writing it.