"Hmm, yes," says Jehan, "and I was thinking the latter would be a better idea? Frankly, I don't even know how to gauge interest in this place, and I feel trying to gauge interest would...simply evoke reactions of indifference and skepticism. Whereas putting out an entertaining but still useful paper would result in people taking it up, if only out of boredom while they drink their coffee...?"

He thinks it might find an audience, but his inherent shyness is always an obstacle when it comes down to the work of communicating with strangers. Never an insurmountable obstacle--he's been surmounting it since he was a child--but it's never shrunk into insignificance, either.