Yeah. I really wasn't expecting to be able to say "Huh, Kei's calmed down, a lot," in reference to this fic.

It continues to hold my attention.

“They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.”
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington