This felt more like a filler episode than anything else.  Yes, Chris has
finally verbally accepted that the Norns are his family; the thing is,
that didn't feel like the point behind the fic as a whole, despite that
being his wish.  I mean, the vibes of the sibling relationship were there
throughout most all of the chapters, anyway; the verbal admission felt
pretty anti-climactic as the ending of a series.

I felt it was a rather significant step, psychologically, but hey, I see 
your point.  I'll think about that before I post it to my web site.

We're also left with a few billion extra plot points that aren't even
close to resolved.  We haven't seen Rachel and Ami since he left them for
God's Toy;

Rachel and Ami were never intended to be resolved.   I'm sorry if I gave 
that impression.  They're part color character, part scene makeup, part a 
"trial", and part humour.

I'm sure there was a point to what I was saying, but I've lost it.
Basically: Writing, good!  Chapter, good!  As end of story, not so hot.

As it says: "the end of the start of my story".  There's more in DW5/OMBII.

And I'll repeat that I'm really curious as to how the whole Rachel/Ami
plotline gets settled, or at least I'd like to have seen it get touched
upon.  What can I say?  Love triangles/polygons are my golf.  Looking
forward to more!

As I said, I never intended to resolve it.  You're reading a lot more into 
it than you need to.  However, you do see more of them in OMBII, so perhaps 
that may give you the closure on that aspect you're looking for.

--
Christopher Angel 

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