1) Ah, I see. I thought that was it, but then the talk of them taking the north pole had me confused.
2)Ok. Clearly, I should go back and re-read the rest of ch.2
3)Well, it doesn't look like it bothered a lot of people, so maybe you don't need to worry about it.
4)...I liked it, though.

Feh. Nevermind. Your work is always genius. I'm going to shut up now.