Absolutely! The stocks are looking good right now, in fact, experts are predicting that for every review you leave you should expect a 100-fold return!! *winks*Thanks for leaving a review; all humour aside, I much appreciate it.

Thank you very much. Luckily Severus hadn't forgotten her!! ;) I'm glad you approved. Thanks for the review.

Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it. :) Thanks again for the fabulous review!

Oh no! If it helps at all, I've been updating weekly. By the time it gets through the queue, it's usually Friday, though sometimes as late as Monday. Right now, the next chapter is at spot 21.I'm really glad that you're enjoying the story, and I hadn't forgotten Jocelyn :)Thanks for the review.

Thank you! :) I'm glad you approve. Thanks for the review.

More is currently being written!! My goal is to update weekly, and the next chapter is already in the queue. Thank you very much for the lovely review and for your enthusiasm. :)

Welcome! Draco changes a lot between the end of the sixth book and the end of the seventh, or better, between the start of the sixth and the end of the seventh; and I don't want to sweep those changes under the tablecloth. Personally, I don't think JKR did him much justice. Enjoy the rest of the story, and thank you again for the review.

Oh, I know! :( Such a hard year from everybody's perspective.Thanks for the review.

Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it :)

Gosh, I don't know. He really has a bad deal in JKR's story, though. This last year in particular must have been miserable as all hell. *sigh* Thanks for the review; I'm glad you liked the chapter :)

Thank you! :) I think the action on Severus' side of the war is what's going to make this story (from the writing perspective as well as from the reader's). Stuck in the the tent with Harry, Hermione is going to have her own view on things, but only limited actions that Harry doesn't know about, but Snape . . . He's a completely different story!! :) I'm glad you liked it, thanks for the review.

*waves* Hi! Yes, I'm back, and enjoying being back.Of COURSE he has an antivenom, he's a Potions Master--and a paranoid spy at that. :) Unfortunately, there's still the potential bloodloss and the wound itself that will need healing, but the poison itself should be easily neutralised. ;)I think Draco has realised he's had a very lucky escape. What he decides to do with this second chance is the long term is still up for debate . . . I'm really glad that you're liking the sequel! Thanks for the review.

Thank you! :) I'm thrilled that you liked it.

I was tickled by the idea of Lucius Malfoy all grotty and gritty from Azkaban. :) I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the review.

AHA! :) I'm delighted to have made anyone feel a bit sorry for poor Lucius. He's a bad guy, and for all of the wrong reasons, but he's human, too. :)Poor Stan. He participates in the fight over the Dursleys' on the DE side, so I guess he's just going to live out the next year or so under Imperio. Poor guy. *sigh*Next update will be up in a week. I swear it!! (Queue willing!) Thanks for the review. :)

Oh, THANK YOU! I'm glad that this story has lived up to your expectations! :)I've read a bunch of fics where Hermione suffers belated guilt for her actions regarding her parents (usually after she discovers she'd botched the charm, somehow), but I wanted her to actually think about the ethics of the situation, and Snape was very ready to oblige!! :)Thanks for the review.

You don't know how tempting that sounds!! I'd love to be able to do nothing but write fiction all day. You'd have to promise to pay more attention to the dinner, though . . . ;)Thanks for the review! I'm really delighted to hear that you found it so distracting, though I hope you managed to enjoy your dinner regardless. :)

Thank you!! *grins delightedly, then bites nails* I only hope that continues to be the case!! :)Thanks for the review! :)

Thank you very much! I'm delighted that you enjoyed the chapter. :) So many of the secondary characters in canon are really given only in two dimensions, thus there is a lot of pleasurable wriggle room for fanfic authors to colour in as they so desire. :) Thanks again for the review.

This is a nicer site to read on, for sure, plus there's the added benefit that tlotc points out all of the mistakes I've overlooked. It always takes a while for things to wend their merry way through the queue, though.More is definitely on the way!! :)

Oh, I'm so delighted that it was Hermione's mum you emphathised with in this scene--I was really hoping it might have that effect. I can't think that it could have been anything other than terrifying.Hmm, Hermione does tell Ron and Harry, though I guess they're both high risk, too . . . I'll make sure she metions it to someone else as well. Thanks for the advice! :)Thanks for the review.

I assume that we will have an HG/SS happily ever after but from the character's perspectives both Hermione and SEverus both vulnerable in the war. Perhaps a distant friend living in Norway could be trusted?

Thank you! My fellow Gryffindors thank you for the points ;)I couldn't see Severus abandoning Draco at this late stage, it's not his style. I'm glad you liked the chapter :) Thanks for the review.

Thank you! Clearly Hermione was acting for all of the right reasons, but their more to ethical behaviour than that. I've read a buch of fanfics that deal with Hermione's belated guilt for her actions, but I wanted to deal with the moment itself, and what it might have been like to interact with ones parents in such an awkward and freighted situation. I'm glad you liked it. :) Thanks for the review.

Thank you very much; I'm really glad you liked it. Thanks for leaving such a lovely review.

Thank you very much! I'm really glad that you enjoyed it. :) I very much wanted to put Hermione's actions into context. Thanks again for the review.