@7ccb675f yes, but I need to include it as subtext because it's unpalatable to many readers. 

 @93d37991 Yes, it's important not to be overbearing or didactic about these things. 

 @7ccb675f didactic is my narrator's middle name. That too is a story long in the telling. 

 @93d37991 that could be a fun narrator voice, actually...