Great chapter--and great description and writing of Harmony.

Author's Response: I love writing Harmony, I can make her look like such an idiot =) thanks!

I like this story, but one thing bothers me. Instead of saying the words if or of, you just writ 'f, or instead of writing the G at the end of a word you just put an '. And i find that a bit off putting. Being british myself i know that accents may make it sould like we're missing out letters but we're not. And when i see stories where people miss letters etc to try and capture the accent it just gets distracting. I find it much easier to hear the accent whenn i read if the full word is there, because i can imagine spike's accent saying the words. That's the only criticism i have, and i'm not trying to put you off because i do like this story and i think it will be a really good story.

Author's Response: I'm not offended at all. That's one of the problems with writing for an international audience. I don't know if you've ever been over to the states, but we hear authentic British accents only about once in a blue moon. I can't speak for the rest of the US audience I write for, but speaking for myself, when Spike's words are written as normally as Buffy's or anyone else's, I have real trouble "hearin" a British accent in my head, especially one as rough as Spike's was, because I hear one very rarely in real life. To try to keep Spike in character, I write his dialogue the way I "hear" it in my head, apostrophes and dropped letters included. I have scanned through previous chapters, and I did drop rather a lot of letters--I'll try to cut back on the number of words I mangle =) Thanks for the input and saying you liked the story!

great update cant wait for the spuffyness

Author's Response: which is definitely coming! =) thanks for the review!