ihxzardx, I liked your post. I had only one question regarding the following quote...
[quote=@iHxzardx]
Grayson's mind kept wandering back to the explosion he heard a day or two ago.[/quote]
Does this mean you are introducing Grayson into a timeline different from some of the rest of us? 
Are you referring to the same explosion that rocked Greg Bainbridge's tank?