AWESOME!

Ah...How I love this. Let me count the ways.

1. An oft-used plot was done very nicely.
2. Vessi and Therian are fantastic characters.
3. To be frank, ALL your characters are fantastic.
4. Oh, I give up. It's just...your writing's pretty close to perfect, you know?

This story reminded me of short stories "Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast". The writing style seems to fit the fairy tale genre beautifully, and I actually enjoyed the story too. :-)

Dear Ms. Walsh,
I have read everything you have written in your Dangerverse series and loved every moment of them. So when I saw that you had written other things I decided to see if your great talent had managed to continue in these. To my great joy, it did. You are one of the best authors I have had the pleasure of reading. I just wanted to thank you and to tell you to keep writing. If only to get me through my Harry Potter Withdrawal! (I have decided this is a real illness and that good fanfiction writers such as yourself should be given grants so that you may keep giving all of us the cure. (: )

: )

That was soo good. I was looking for a great farytale, and this is perfect.

I like this story. I like Elivessi, she's strong-willed and unafraid of what people think of her, but she doesn't seem arrogant. Therian is also a great character, even only being in this story. Can I hope to see more stories with Elivessi and Therian as a pair? Well,hope to see more of your work in the future.