He might think more along the lines of movie or television show. Because he's not specifically confronted this time around, he won't think it's specific to him.
Hehe, yes~ They need to clash a bit more I think. Especially in the beginning. And doesn't need to agree to move to the Messengers' estates so soon, too...
Heh, yess~ And maybe make it a bit darker, and extend certain scenes and situations to be longer and encompass more characters and layers to the story, not let it seem rushed or quick... Put more details into things that don't seem to important but really give to the scene... maybe make the characters more... Fleshed out in the beginning... I want to make Eddie a bit more harshed by the world since he's pretty old considering.