Thanks for that Thorin. You reminded me that after I left that farmhouse I believe Nick S-J ( having heard my stories ) did visit David. Maybe that's why he packed up and left...

It's important for me to rake out these ghosts from the past and make sense of them in a new light.

This kind of dangerous and persuasive personality- type exists everywhere.Rawat is just one of many but somewhat more audacious than most!!