Oh, Annalully, thank you! And you're very welcome, but most of all, thank you. And you don't sound stalkery at all -- I've got a few stories saved on an external drive because ... you just never know when someone might disappear. But I have no plans to! *g*

AND thank you for being so patient with the Collective. We haven't forgotten that ficverse, not even a little bit, and it's so good to hear (and so heartening) to know that readers haven't forgotten.

*hugs*hugs* and ♥ ♥ ♥ :D