It has just occurred to me that I didn't make something clear enough. One of the more seemingly inexplicable actions undertaken towards the end of the post actually has precedent. It just got edited in when I went back and made my corrections to the older Sergeant Preston posts. If you find yourself wondering what the reaction is to the events of the last paragraph, please, go back and read the freshly edited earlier Diary entries. It makes more sense that way. I'm really sorry I didn't mention this earlier.