In short, "2001: Odyssey 1/2" was written as a lark, just for fun, and
"3001" was written purely because Bengman asked me to.

She asked me so nicely to do the 'fic, even if it was just a short
one-shot. How could I say no?

There are a million responses I could do to this, most having to do 
with a certain engagement, but I'll be polite.

--Sean Gaffney
--can we say "headache"?