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  1. swaps55 on Chapter 13 Fri 14 Aug 2020 09:30PM UTC

    Thank you SO MUCH! I have so loved getting all of your comments!! It's meant so much.

    Found family ended up being really important to me in this fic. I feel like it fell out of the middle of the story a little, which is unfortunate, but it was there at the beginning and it feels like the right note to end on. One of my regrets was not sneaking in one more "goodbye" scene with Shepard and the Alenkos, but I couldn't quite make it fit in a way that felt right. Maybe I'll write it up as a quick one-shot. :)

    Thinking about what's coming their way - all of them, not just Sam and Kaidan - is devastating. There was something really special about this small little snapshot in time - when the pressure of finding Saren and stopping the reaper threat is off, and the eventuality of the reapers is still just background noise. This is that moment where they get to take a deep breath and be people rather than heroes, and there't no other moment like it in the entire trilogy. I think that's why it was so important to me to give them this moment of joy to carry them through what lies ahead. Originally, I hadn't wanted them to realize what they met to each other until after Mars, but I'm so glad this is the way it went instead - they get these few moments of bliss in a way they'll never have again.

    I keep reminding myself that they make it through. They get a happy ending, dammit, I won't settle for anything else!

    Thank you SO MUCH for reading and commenting. It's been so exciting to have people to talk to and really share this story with!!!

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