
It is normally arched, but arced fit my whole electricity metaphor thing, so decided to give it a try. And the Red Alert thing is amusing, since Lynda and Misha have a bit of a Russophile streak to them.
You are right about the interruption thing. I don't bother when I write on my own because I only learned it recently. I'll get the hang of it eventually, but it might take a while. Thanks for pointing it out though; that's something I can easily work on.
Ritual suicide itself would restore the honor, so since you already did that by helping me, it is not necessary. Thank you for your help, and for reading

/bows.