*beams* Thank you so much for this amazing feedback! I'm so, so thrilled that you liked it so much -- particularly, as I told you before, that you liked the umbrella scene. *g* Will is definitely a bad, bad influence! And I'm so happy you loved all the supporting characters, too, since sometimes they were as much fun to write as Merlin and Arthur.

I love our word count races, too, even though you always beat me. *g* I am so, so excited to read yours soon!