I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.
I guess, what I'm saying is that when I've been this surprised by my own characters and world, all bets are off.
If I had been trying to take the job away from him in a sneaky, underhand manner, then I deserved all I got. But it was the other way around. I was trying to get him the job.

