The whole novella was great, and I love how much fun you clearly had with the zombie kangaroos! You have such a particular knack for conveying sheer geeky delight in things without it taking me out of the story in the slightest. ^_^
Because Georgia is forever-and-always my favorite, I especially loved everything Mahir said about her, which I'd been basically dying for ever since you mentioned on Twitter that he'd be talking about her. There were tears and glee in equal measure. If that's the last we ever get of anyone talking about her in canon, then it's a good way to end.
I won't say my favorite thing he said about her was the story about talking her out of writing an in-depth series on energy drinks, but I laughed and laughed. Oh, Georgia. I love how aware he is of her weaknesses and how much he loves her anyway. He's the best kind of friend.
(IIRC, he never refers to her and Shaun as siblings at all when he's talking or thinking about them? Is it safe to think that's deliberate on his part?)
And just, oh, Mahir. It was lovely to spend so much time in his head, where he's just as dry-witted and delightful as always. Of course he has staff who think chloroforming and kidnapping him is the right thing to do! And all of the new characters were great, with Olivia being especially awesome.
If I'm not careful I'll write a really epic comment, though, so: it was so good to get back into that 'verse, even briefly. Thank you. ^_^
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Because Georgia is forever-and-always my favorite, I especially loved everything Mahir said about her, which I'd been basically dying for ever since you mentioned on Twitter that he'd be talking about her. There were tears and glee in equal measure. If that's the last we ever get of anyone talking about her in canon, then it's a good way to end.
I won't say my favorite thing he said about her was the story about talking her out of writing an in-depth series on energy drinks, but I laughed and laughed. Oh, Georgia. I love how aware he is of her weaknesses and how much he loves her anyway. He's the best kind of friend.
(IIRC, he never refers to her and Shaun as siblings at all when he's talking or thinking about them? Is it safe to think that's deliberate on his part?)
And just, oh, Mahir. It was lovely to spend so much time in his head, where he's just as dry-witted and delightful as always. Of course he has staff who think chloroforming and kidnapping him is the right thing to do! And all of the new characters were great, with Olivia being especially awesome.
If I'm not careful I'll write a really epic comment, though, so: it was so good to get back into that 'verse, even briefly. Thank you. ^_^
(ZOMBIE KANGAROOS.)