Thanks! And, even aside from the fact I could never have got it done that fast, that would have been terrible, so... I did nearly put mineaway, after reading yours, 'cos that was just lovely. But I still liked some bits of it too much.

Oh, no, I don't count them when they go round killing off companions and generally making their lives a misery. (So, I sort of count the NAs sometimes, but rarely the MAs...)

Hmm, I don't know. Maybe I over-think things, but it just doesn't feel like a series thing to me. But thank you.

ETA: You really should post those two birthday fics on sapphirensteel - if you wanted to, of course. Everyone's usually pretty pleased to see new S&S fic, and I can see the seaside one in particular going down well, and I don't think everyone there is on AO3 yet, although quite a few are.