Recursed

[rayheinrich]

Thanks again for the great critique, and (now) the good words.

Just now thought of changing "sobered" to "chastened," satyrs in their cups having been the first image that popped into mind rather than in their other ... pursuits.  But stet.

Think I'm going to like this forum.  Was half a coder myself ("programmer-analyst," i.e. Talks To Animals as seen from both sides) for a while, and one of the pleasures was being able to go to my boss's office, show work, and say, "Need another set of eyes on this."  He was a programmer, too, and in the same languages.

"Chastened" implies external action, "sobered" an internal process be it willful or the product of time.
When I look at those faundeer in context, "sobered" seems to fit better.

You're bound to like parts of the forum; but don't get too excited, it's kinda uneven at times.
ray