Thank you!

Thank you, Beth -- both for reading, and for letting me know that you read it!  I want to apologize for taking so long to respond to you.  It was negligence on my part, and getting too caught up in Other Things.  I'm also terribly behind on submitting completed chapters here (there are more available elsewhere).

Thank you for reading!  I got bogged down in RL and neglected posting additional chapters here (they're available elsewhere); I also neglected responding to your kind words, for which I'm very sorry.

Thank you, and I'm so sorry I've been negligent in responding to your kind words.  The up-to-date version of this is available elsewhere, if you're interested.  ("Life" has been getting in the way of updating here)

I am so profoundly sorry for not responding to you sooner (I have lots of explanations, but no excuses) -- thank you so much for your kind words.  You can find the up-to-date version of this fic on FFN (which I know is not Archive-kosher, but...)

Thank you!  I'm glad to have you aboard as a reader.  The next chapter is queued here, but *hsssst -- it's available on fanfiction.net as well*  Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me a note, it really means a lot.

Good to hear I've managed to intrigue you!  Thank you for leaving me a comment!  The next chapter's in queue!

Thank you!  I'm only sorry it's taken me so long to respond to your comment.  I hope you'll continue reading (the next few chapters are posted elsewhere; I've been remiss in submitting them to the queue here, on account of Things.)

Thank you for reading, and for leaving me some thoughts!  I appreciate it so much, and am mortified that it's taken me so long to respond.  Please forgive me.

Thank you! Thank you so much for reading, and for leaving me these thoughts about my writing, and my characterization.  I'm so grateful for readers like yourself who let me know how my work is coming across (in an explicit sense) -- it definitely helps me to grow as a writer. So, thank you!  Also, I have to tender my apologies -- I don't have any good excuses for taking so long to respond to you.  My life abruptly got rather involved, and I have been neglectful.  I am deeply sorry.  I hope that you'll continue to read my work despite this.

Thanks for dropping me a note!  The next chapter's in queue!  And yes, I've decided to just write the sort of story *I* want to read, and hang the canonical plot holes -- other people have patched them up well enough in many fine fanfictions, there's no need for me to reinvent the wheel -- instead, I just reinvent the universe (I like to think big).

I'm glad that touched you (it is a bit horrible to be happy that I've made you sad, isn't it?).  Thank you for reading, and for sharing your thoughts.

Thanks so much for dropping me a note.  The next chapter is in queue!