Wow - a star-crossed journey in some ways, yet as you mentioned, a point on a graph - a star to steer by, if you will.
Doc, you've often said you and the SOS team have been "lucky". But every journey is a fishing trip. It's not necessarily the size of the fish, or the number you brought home on your stringer, but what you've learned.
Tres over deuces is still a pretty good hand. Let it ride.
That number on the graph will be critical to further development of this combination.
And as to the fruit inspector - I've owned a couple of F-100s over the years, and I have an excellent visual as to how what you described happened.
And I think it's hilarious. Well played.