I read the the first time around and enjoyed it - Merrick should appear in many more fics! The editing, however, has turned this from an interesting, if flawed, story, to one that is really, really good. It hangs together a lot tighter, there's less leaping backwards and forwards, and each scene and chapter comes to a defiinite close. I'm really glad you've done this, as 'Replacement' is rapidly climbing my personal favourites list!

By the way, will you be posting the fully edited version on the other sites you originally posted to?

Author's Response: I'll post on EF too. Thank you for your nice words.