The Plot Thickens...

I swear. There are times when the narrative unfolds in such a way that you could not have paid for it all to happen the way it does. Met Mr.-Moves-Back-East at a neighborhood locale tonight... and who should also be there, also, but Mr. Close Encounters? and while I'm no omniscient narrator and cannot say what, if any, impression this all left, I was left feeling like the playing field is level once again.