I have enjoyed this story also, Julia! (& just now found it! YAY!)
What is so interesting to me, is to see that all of us can relate to it... It is the same old story, over and over again... now exposed. You are in Austrailia? Lois is on the West Coast, Kate is in England? We all relate, we have all had it happen, seen it, all over the world, it is not an 'isolated' view, as so many would like to say.
Every sentence is like living thru it again.... When I personally asked, "Why did Jehovah "lead the slave" to say "Sodom and Gomorrah won't be resurrected," then "They will be", then "They won't"..... and made the comment, "Is that the light getting brighter, or the light going off and on, off and on?"
Let alone the 607 WT, when my husband and I figured out that all the Society's calculations were inventions and delusions of men, what was asked of me?!!??? the same thing asked in your novel: "What have you been reading?!?" me: "The WT & AW" that's it, WT & AW, and that , 'my dear friends' (haha) is enough to prove them wrong........
Love your story! It has epitomized the reality of life inside the borg. Very interesting. I love to write, and w/also like to write a story. Just try to explain what it is like to an 'outsider,' it is hard to sum it all up in such a short space, good job!!
I will be patiently looking forward to the next chapter.
thx, cha ching!