Already left a comment. But also, yes I think I agree about the humour flowing a bit better, but you did have an extra minute and a half this time, plus some combat to get into at last, so perhaps it wasn't surprising.

: Thanks to Louis Wu for front paging the last one.

Well, this one's worth front paging too. It should be a strong series if you can keep this up. But hey, you're forgetting to add *VID* at the end of your post titles, to signify video goodness. It might get you some extra views.