Unfortunately, my life is very chaotic and goes through cycles of extremely hectic activity (like 80 hour weeks for months on end) and when I posted the original version of “The Object Lesson” I issued it in haste as I was approaching one of those periods and now that the dust has settled it really needs to be cleaned up. The story isn’t really going to be different than what you read before (if you read it) and if the moderators can take the original down that would actually be appreciated...
"The Object Lesson" Reworked
"The Object Lesson" Reworked