Great writeup Troy. Love the imagery and depth.Carver has a grand persona and enjoys telling a tale! Like an Unsolved Mysteries narrator. Perhaps that aspect gets a little disctracing, as if "he" holds everything at arms length. Shored up and safe in his delivery, we get a great sense of him, but also that it's rather shallow feeling. The more it stays the same, the easier it is for us to disengage. Not to say the voice and performance aren't really good choices. Consider saying this right TO someone live in front of Carver so that some reacting/adapting could be included for some more expression vaiance to this great voice.