I guess I'm going to be the bad guy.

I have no desire to see this as a sequel to 'Transitions'.  I feel very
strongly that 'NLTTL' would tarnish Atsuko's memory from 'Transitions', and
have told Mr. Lawson as much.

When I read this, I was getting ready to kill someone.  To see Ryunosuke
call the AI Nuku Nuku was disgusting.  The only reason I finished reading
the story was it was a Lawson story.  That is all.

But...

When Aki and the Android (for she was not yet Narau) walked in, and
confronted everyone, I stopped, literally stunned.  And I realized that the
Android was just trying to experiance love and life, and teh only way she
knew how was as Atsuko.  Like a lot of us tried to be our parents when we
were young and didn't know better.

That was when it hit me.

Richard had created a character that I despised.  And in the end, I ended up
loving her, too.

But, no matter how much I liked this story, and I did like this story, don't
get me wrong, I would hate to see it put up as a sequel for 'Transitions'.
I felt a sense of closure from 'Transitions', and I was happy with the way
it turned out.  It doesn't seem right that anything should follow 'Transitions'.

As a side story yes, but as a sequel, no.

JD
Paladin of The Holy Pair
Verbena Mage
No-Brand Hero
Homepage <http://rvcc.raritanval.edu/~jfarber/>

Life is a disease: Sexually transmitted and always fatal.
But that doesn't mean that you can't enjoy it!
	-Death, 'Death Talks about Life'