Oh, this is lovely. Very, very Rodney - I often feel, in fic, like his obliviousness slides away too easily, and it shouldn't be like that at all, it's a confusing, uncomfortable process, and I love how you've caught that here. It complements and is complemented by 'Oikos' very well - like you said to siriaeve, it's the big picture and the grainy bits in focus. Gorgeous.