So anyway, um, so just reflecting on that, um, what do you think an audience and a reader is expecting when they pick up a new Scott Mariani novel? Like, what, what, what, what do they need to have, do you think? If you're talking about how a John Williams score starts, what are they expecting from one of your books?

They love...

When you, when you, when you've done a few, and you've established, you know, like a sort of physical base for your character.

Uh, after a few books, Ben Ho- Ben Hope goes to live in France, and he and a friend establish this thing called Laval, which is a, a sort of tactical training center in the north of France.

The readers love Laval.

They love that.

They love, they love a familiar setting, and they love, um, they love seeing if you, again, if you've created a little cast of characters.

Um, just talk us through those two decisions.