I don't mind you taking your time reading it - I'm thrilled you finding it worthy of your time. And don't feel any need to stop on my account: this is such helpful feedback! It's the first time I've written a story that's got a bit of a twist for an ending - where it's a completely different experience reading it the first time than any other. The problem is that because I'm writing it, I have no idea if the story actually does have the first reading I trying to write - I always knew too much.

So I love knowing that you were genuinely worried about Sam from part one - yay! The Meg!Sam revelation really worked! And oh my god, you weren't bored to tears with all of my labyrinthine political stuff - you found it interesting?! YES! I <3 you.

My initial proposal to the author said: in this story there will be no idiots, no woobies, only smart BAMFs. And Meg is so BAMF that she's brutal to write. She really did drive a lot of where the story went - especially the noncon bit.

Anyway - I'll shut up now. Thank you so much for the feedback.