how ridiculous is it to answer a comment 10 months later? *g* Hugely, I fear, but man -- I have no idea why I didn't thank you for such a lovely comment when you left it. I'm going to assume that lj was being wonky with delivery -- sorry about that. heh.

In any case, thank you so much -- I'm glad you enjoyed the story! (which I'm sure you don't remember reading! *bg*)