Thanks, LH - maybe I should read some Taoist literature, since I've read very little, and I'm getting kind of stuck between biology and mysticism, hence the story's been stewing on my hard drive while my protagonist hibernates through a long winter. ;-)

Gnu, be careful when you come back then! A completely pacifistic and nature loving friend of mine got up one morning at five AM, after a straight fifteen days of being woken by the persistent hammering of a large woodpecker on the side of the house right next to his bed, vowing to take after the bird from hell with his 22.