Yes, your brutality has always frightened me, but I respect your honesty.

I agree, dialogue is my primary weakness, and my sentences still stand to use some pruning. I'm having difficulties as to when to describe who is saying something, and HOW they are saying it; much of what I've read insists that description in that regard is often unnecessary, as the reader should be able to tell who is saying what. I think splitting the different characters' actions into different paragraphs will go a long way towards making the dialogue and easier read.

I'll make sure to read more about what I can do to improve dialogue. That is the hardest part of writing, in my opinion, and something that at least one of the longer projects I am working is getting murdered by.