Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)

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Until this post I was unaware that Elan's happy ending was contingent on the actions of a reader. Now it is so completely obvious that I wonder why it has not been guessed before.

Eh... still isn't obvious to me, unless Rich is betting on it and will rig the story to win the bet.