I now get to comment on all the RII fics without giving away (by omission) my own! Of course I read them all on the first day, but restraint was called for. ;)

Anyway, this is brilliant and wonderful[ly sad]. I'd say the warnings read as very 'you', but that style of warning (which is fabulous) has been more widely adopted in our tiny fandom now (including by me, at times), and so it didn't clue me in to who you were. This works so well! It is a departure from your norms, maybe, but marvellouslly done throughout - as accomplished as all your prose always is. There's a whole...magical universe, and certainly a whole nation (eeee, such a good play to do this with) packed into this, and it's - so rich, so rewarding to read. Gorgeous!