Oh, I wasn't trying to imply that there was anything wrong with what you were doing! The feeling of intrusion is largely my own invention and a product of my own general anxiety about Bothering People. I do think it's my own refusal to participate in OOC plotting posts that shuts out a lot of opportunities for us to interact, since I notice most of Dean's posts tend to be closed ones that were accounted for in the plotting threads. I've also generally been not participating in the events as much lately (there's only so many ways to play out "Chihiro is basically helpless") and just kind of letting it be assumed that either Chihiro has been able to avoid danger or has been protected by other, more hardy residents - if you like, we can retroactively imply that Dean has been with her in some of them.

In any case, I'm sure there will be a better climate for Dean/Chihiro interactions soon! I'll try and be a bit more forward in terms of making it happen from here on out.