*sporfle*  Glitter in preschool, exactly.  Did you know that Inupiaq is the language that Star Trek's Klingon is based on?  The name of the language is Tlingit, which is not a far cry from Klingon...

*Looks embarrassed* You know, I may already know some Tlingit then...  (Trekkie)  What this story has in common with Soroche by Hechicera is the addition of a strong, pond-crossing, female OC.  Both Tura and Rawa end up kicking some booty and acting in ways that upset others, although they're naturally very differect characters.  While Hechicera's fic is splattered with Quiche and Spanish and here you're using Tlingit, you still get the very natural but multilingual feel to it.

ROFL.  I haven't read Soroche.  May have to try that one sometime.  I forget whether I used Quenyan or Sindarin in this story--I wanted it to have a Slimarillion feel, but I think I needed Sindarin for the vocabulary.

Hmmm... I don't know if that clarity could come up without Legilimency first.  I envisioned it as this sort of uber-Zen period, where Harry has been so fully immersed in another person that he's just kind of beyond overloaded, and his brain kind of reboots itself.  Which is why he tends to fall over and stuff, because the sensory/motor functions are all offline, as well as the judgements, historical baggage, etc that clutter one's daily thoughts.

! Cool!  Glad it's hitting the tone for you!  Interesting point about the feather itself being the Gryffindor horcrux... wish I'd thought of that earlier, actually.  Although the item of Godric's that Tom used in this story is actually kind of important to the ambience.  Thanks for reviewing!

*giggle*  Yeah, that Harry definitely picked up some smooth lines from Sirius at some point.

Bing.  I hoped he didn't turn out to be too "convenient," but it seemed believable that he would want to snag a Horcrux to hold hostage against Voldy.  And of COURSE he'd know the right Dark spell, he's a Malfoy!

*SNORK*  Exactly.  Go Tonksy!  She's so...unconventional!

Ya gotta wonder what brought that about, huh?

Yeah--it always bugged me that Fawkes "swallowed" an AK for Dumbledore during OOTP, but he was nowhere to be seen that night in HBP. 

Phoenix fire and basilisk venom...works for me!

*snort*  Mine tends to type double-i's.

Oh, I'm not worried at all.  I just thought it was a cute suggestion, to "sell" the artwork along with the story.  I once stayed in a treehouse "hotel" where the owner had been told by the city that he couldn't rent his treehouses--so he sold T-shirts for $60 and you could CHOOSE to stay in the Treehouse for a night if you bought the shirt.  Hee hee.I don't blame SVA for anything--I blame the publisher who talked him into it. It's pretty hard to turn down promises of big money, especially since he worked so hard developing the Lexicon.

I can see your point about the publisher, but I suspect he had a good idea what he was doing was morally if not legally wrong, after all he did tell the publisher that if legal problems arise they had to pay for his defense.  I did enjoy your treehouse story, it was funny.  I look forward to the next chapter, ciao.

Awwww...Thanks!  That's what I was really hoping for, for this book--because I had a feeling JKR was gonna blow it in DH, and she did (IMHO).  As for the chapter ending...hoo, doggy, yeah, pictured that a little bit.  But that's the beauty of it, you can just imagine what they're up to. Mutual legilimency right at the peak... big big grin.

Not only IYHO, she really did. It's such a shame.As for chapter ending, sure, I can easily imagine all that, but I want to read your version of it! *pouts* :-)

ROFL.  Well, maybe someday.  I did write a little story of her and Draco, just as a tentative concept, but as usual it stopped before the real action started too.  I'm a wimp.

Of who and Draco? of Tura and Draco? This sounds really interesting! And I'll be eagerly waiting for someday. :-) It's actually quite infuriating, because you write the lead up SO well. I get goose-bumps. Honestly. Maybe you just need to practice more to get out of the wimpyness? I'd be happy to be the person to read through your efforts. *convincing, oh so convincing smile* :-D

MAJOR chuckle.  Yeah, Tura and Draco.  Well, you might have a point, practice makes perfect, after all... but I'm not so sure that's the stuff I want to improve at.  I'd like to write an actual sellable novel someday, for example.

*giggle* this chapter must be a real work of art, because people's reactions to it are SO varied.  Glad you enjoyed it.

Sigh...many people have said that, and this is the CLEANED UP version.  I guess writing slapstick is just not my forte.  I was trying for something that would make my son laugh a bit--and read aloud, it worked--but I guess it doesn't work without the inflections.  *sheepish*

ain't it the truth?

*snerk*  I think a little of both.  Though once you take off the warts, there might not be much left....

Thanks.  Yeah, Dumbles really put his foot in it this time.

It's interesting, isn't it?  At the beginning of the story, it didn't seem like they'd get along at all...

*snerk*  What can I say, I am She of the Evil Cliffie...

Don't worry, what he said was true--he's still the same little tosser he always was, just going through a very tough time at the mo.

Aw, Draco's too much of a Brit to be happy in the South Pacific.

Well, I suppose that remains to be seen...

Totally.  The Sorting hat noticed too, back in Ch. 13 or so.

Yes on the father, jury's still deliberating on the latter.

I think he must've picked up some smooth moves from Sirius when he was messing around in his mind...