Thank you! Glad you liked the twist. Poor Napoleon was basically ignored, and it was Illya who got the 'treatment' much like Vaughn did when meeting the president.

I read what LBJ said, and oddly I'd never read it before and thought it rather serendipitous that I had Illya treated basically the same way. Wow.

"When President Johnson met Vaughn at a party recently, his only comment was, "Hello, Mr. Vaughn. You're the speech-maker, is that right?" (given his anti-war/Vietnam views)