Aw, thank you so much! :) I'm glad you liked that bit -- I really, really enjoyed getting into Marian's head here, because there's just so much complexity to play around with in terms of her feelings for him. Which, of course, all boil down to the fact that OMG, SHE LOVES HIM DEEP DOWN. Deep, deep down. Deep . . . deep . . . deep . . . down? Exactly.