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I'm enjoying this. The setup reminds me of The Sea, The Sea; but I actually like your characters.

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i'll have to check that out, haven't come across it before... glad to hear that the characters are worthwhile, thank you very much.

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Fantastic scene to revisit. I forgot just how much fun these characters are. There are a few chuckle-out-loud lines in here, alongside assloads of genuinely good advice. Evangeline feels like such an *embodied* character right out the gate, flesh and blood and warts and all. And in that way, she makes the half-mad and enchanted life seem not only aspirational, but achievable for all of us. It just takes the patience to look, and the willingness to listen.

Love it.

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thanks very much. and yes, before you ask—i'm making progress on your piece as well. it was a thrill to get a mention in the same sentence as Dougald Hine, thanks for that.

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