Gary, ol' boy...you're starting to crack worse puns in Japanese than
even I'm capable of...and that's scary. 

Particularly, the multiple "chichi" jokes. <smirk> Baaaaaaaaad.

Now, the "bake" pun was pretty funny. 

Other stuff...

I liked the "Kung Fu" reference. Heh...e-mail me privately sometime
and remind me to tell you a funny story about that...

Comments on the fic itself:

Excellent work. IMHO this is the best of the preludes. Looking
forward to the actual Hearts and Minds series. ^_^ 

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