[caldrail]

I hadn't really planned on extending the tale. It was meant to a stand-alone short story, and without intending it to be, ended up a little allegorical. If I was serious about it, I'd write the novel based around this core of an idea. The problem with tacking on new bits to a story is that it's never as fresh as the original concept. There's always a 'contrived' aspect to it, something you often see in film and tv for the same reasons. No, I shan't expand this one, but sooner or later I'll write another story, new characters, different situations, new parts of the world to explore.