I am adoring this fic.  So very very much.

Le sigh....

Touching. And beautiful. And slightly strange. I am looking forward to what comes next.

I love Mimi. She reminds me of my cat, Wine. You can guess why. Your alphabits in lolspeak are just too perfect for words.

You are an amazing writer! You know so many things and incorporate them effortlessly into your work. Keep it up! You probably know you are awesome, but it's always nice to hear such things, am I right?

The explaination of her behavior in the class was a riot---ugh, and the ending of the chapter---eagerly waiting for the next chapter as a result of said ending.

Ye Gods, that was good! :D

He's warm, he bleeds, he sleeps and dreams... he's managed to attract a familiar and his memories and perceptions of the past have changed since Hermione used the coin.  Fascinating!  So it is possible for her to nudge things, and I'm really looking forward to seeing just how she manages to do so.

Wow, what a gorgeously written chapter! :::Swoons:::

I quite agree with Hermione about Severus being dead sexy. The implications of his touch feeling warm are quite intriguing. He may be caught somewhere in between, but Severus seems to have many more characteristics of a living, breathing man than a ghost...

Hm.

Oh, so beautiful. That last sentence, amazing.

And so she closed her eyes. There are so many other ways to "see."

Wonderful.

Exciting chapter.  Severus was warm when he kissed her.  The implications abound with that bit of information...

Wow, now it's proceeding nicely, I think, and Severus seems to have made up his mind. I'm still puzzled about the whole traveling-back-owl-demetrios part, due to language understanding, but I suppose I'm going to understand it all in the end. And as with every chapter, the story is simply great!

Author's Response: Thank you, Alcina!

I'm sorry that things got linguistically complicated in that last big Demetrios chapter - the way Hermione outlines it at the beginning of Chapter 17 pretty much summarizes the important bits.  Demetrios figured out that the coin *might* let him have eternity with his ideas and thoughts and research but still let him go back in time to spend occasional moments with his lover.  *re-reads*  Yep.  That's it.

Anyway, I'm so glad you're enjoying the story!

~ Ari

Alcina vom Steinsberg's response: Thanks for the explanation, that helps!

Author's Response: Happy to help, Alcina!  Demetrios is really hard to follow even for me, sometimes, if that makes any sense... it's hard to write a character who's smarter than the writer :D  *laughs*  I hope you're enjoying him even if he is a bit lofty sometimes!  *waves*

~ Ari

Alcina vom Steinsberg's response: I truly adore him, being quite the library-geek myself... I just had a hearty laugh about "it's hart to write a character who's smarter than the writer" *rolf*.

How lucky was I to be here in time for this fantastic update! Awesome... and snogging while he's invisible? Now that IS sexy...! So wonderfully romantic, and finally he gets it...Hope the plan works. I like Severus in skin...

This is perfect, isn't it? I love the dialogue. *sigh....* Wish I could write like that...!Thank you... I love it... Now, save his life and get them snogging already, because Mimi's reaction is bound to be Priceless!

Delightful as always.I knew when I read about the mill wheel that it must have been from "Pirates." That movie had me in stitches.And I am becoming more and more fond of Demetrios. For some reason he reminds me of the excentric multi-billionaire who funded the space flight project in the movie "Contact." (Mr. Hadden?) Played by the same actor who plays Ollivander, BTW. The phrase "Wanna take a ride?" comes to mind. Perhaps the coin toss can have a similar feel to warping through a worm hole to have a chat with dear ole dad.  Don't mind me, I'm just rambling. I love your fic.

HA!  Hermione's invented lolcats!  This is brilliant, and your pissed-off Snarky Snape just about makes my day.

L O V E L Y !!

Well, it's a long shot, but hopefully Hermione can pull it off.  Interesting reasoning for Demetrios.  Loved Severus' musings on their 'daft-ness.'

Hopefully he will be successfully saved.

It is so nice to have your guesses and thoughts confirmed...

So she is going to test the theory.  On whom? :)

Hmm.  The implications if she does indeed save his life. :)

She knows his innermost secret, and he's not happy. :0

This seems to get a bit closer to a decision. Go, Severus, go! ;o) The Demetrios business makes me a bit dizzy, I'm afraid I got to the limit of my language skills here. But I think I understood the important part.

LOL A kitten intermediary. :)

LOL. Sprung! :)

What is he up to now? :)

This is so good.