Okay, it's going better now. The chapter's up to 2667 words (I think -- I forget those numbers as soon as I go to another window). My guy is all captured, shot in the leg, and being subjected to the nasty one's nastiness. And the byplay among the members of the nasty one's faction is telling bits of the backstory I hadn't told yet, so that's satisfying.
And now I have to go pick up the nice fellow from work.
And now I have to go pick up the nice fellow from work.