Wow. I'm sorry I'm just now getting to replying to this - life has been ridiculous - but I'm so flattered that you would sink that much time into reading it again when you'd already read it, srsly.

I love writing Laurie's POV these days, even though in this fic she's a lot more cynical and hardened than in canon. I knew she was going to be a huge part of it at some point, very early on, but I wasn't sure at the time if I could pull her off. It's been excellent practice. :D