After last night's Windy City meeting, I wrote more on Jara's story.  Got about 1400 more words, and I ended with a surprise. 

I thought I knew most of the inter-relationships between people, but the last sentence of the scene was Jara telling Sharek something that I didn't know, which changes a whole slew of motivations.   Cool!  :-)  I love it when my characters know more than I do.  :-)  It keeps the writing interesting... always something new to discover.