My god, Zen.  Have you no pity?

Seriously, that was honestly one of the best stories I have read in a very
long time.  And one of the very few that has honestly moved me to tears.
The thing that made it hit home the hardest was that the situation is
perilously close to that of an RL friend.

Once again, let me thank you for a wonderful work.  It has gained a place
of honor in my saved fanfic collection (I keep my favorites around on
disk), next to 'Transitions' and other such works of art.

I understand when you say you generally write more serious fiction (I do
as well; all my non-fan-works that I write are much darker or more
serious), but... please, let us all recover a bit from this one before
posting another.  I'm not sure my budget can handle all the extra
Kleenex... ;_;

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