Well, that's a good thing seeing as it was your ficathon request. Sometimes ficathons are like Christmas, all you end up with is a pair of socks.

The plot bunny about Gregor reacting to Nikki's com call....Gregor is being very communicative about what he thinks about Richars and Byerly's inept plot and his opinions of half the Council of Counts, and cheering on Ekaterin (whom he likes very much even before she becomes his cousin-in-law), but I'm having a little difficulty in getting his 35-year-old voice.