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BTW the pad arrived safe and sound! Thanks a ton! Hardly seems fair, though, you paying that postage. So something else is on the way to you soon.

We both ended up out of pocket on this, but it's okay. I was only spending Steem. Thanks anyway

That's a good way of putting it. The illustrator is the director...is what I tell writers after ignoring all their notes and fixing their broken-ass scripts. haha