Thankyou it for this story is so good! Sorry about the short review.

Beautiful, truly beautiful...you managed to convey the most profound thoughts in a very eloquent way...

Very well done, indeed!

Thank you for this great story. ^^ equally inspiring and moving. ^_^

This was an excellently written story. Love the plot. Though it had some slightly mushy lines, you still made it work. Good job keeping everyone in character!

i didn't review this chapter. nice story. i really loved it. great job

Amazing. I loved this story. You're writing skills are almost umcomprehendable (if that's a word). Let me tell you, I was so anxious to finish reading this that I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to do it. Because of this, at some of the most hilarious parts, I think I lost even more of my sanity from laughing so hard! Thanks for the good laughs. They were what I really needed! Thank you so much!
Hoshi

I really love your stories, wonderful and well written! You have done great jobs.

I love your writing!!
This is the best FFVI fanfiction i have ever read!
10/5 stars!!

Keep up the awesome work!

Oh my God, this is such a great FF8 fanfic! I almost cried while reading this story. The emotion in your fic is so moving, and all the characters you wrote were like just the way they should be. Good job!

I just finished reading the story and it was REALLY GOOD! Better then that! It was funny, romantic, sad, amazing. I LOVED how you ended it also. Now I'm going to read more of your stories ^.^

This was perhaps the very first fanfic I ever read back in '03, and it has always been one of my favorites =)
...Well why am I just now reviewing? I have no clue, just thought I'd go for it (I used to read it a lot back on RPGdreamer, and just now realized it's on this site too... lol).

I love the concept of Rinoa being blind, the fact that it's not just a punishment for her lack of trust in Squall, but also a way to help her see that she was wrong and that the whole Lauren fiasco was "just a huge misunderstanding". I also like how aggressive Squall is this time around, as well as Rinoa in Chapter 13! The part in Ch. 15 when they actually lose their "innocence" with each other COULD have had a letle bit more details in it, but then again, that's most likely just the pathetic loneliness in me speaking out loud ^_^
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But um... yeah, amazing story, I'm gonna start reading your other stuff now.

HOME RUN!?

It still has all the magic I found in it the first time.

Rinoica

Another brilliant story from Ashbear. The first fanfic I read years back, it was a short and sweet story contrasting to works like Crimson Lies, yet keeping that little something this author manages to capture in her work. Keep up the great work.

As this story was one of your first extended stories of Squall and Rinoa, it reflected your developing connection with the characters. It was heartbreaking to imagine Rinoa as blind. I know, the point of the story was to allow Rinoa and Squall to see with their hearts, but it was so sad to know that Rinoa would never be able to drown in Squall's dreamy eyes again. Because I read "Dancing in Time" and "After the fall" first, I felt that Squall was slightly more open and understanding in this story than in your later ones. I think that you were being very generous in allowing Squall to be more willingly compassionate and regretful as opposed to only self-doubting and stubborn. But I'm also glad that you decided to increase Squall's "moodiness" in your following stories, as well as his dependency in Garden. It makes for a more dramatic plot, huh? This story, with all it's creativity and insight, was a complete pleasure to read. Thanks for all of your effort and hard work.

I can't even remember how long it's been since I last picked up this story. I definitely know that it was before I even became an author back in March of 2003. It could have been in '02 - I just remember that the story had not even finished then. and now that it is and has been for a few years, I'm glad I came back to finish reading it.

It's the same with Somewhere in Between, which you and Wayward are co-authoring. Only, I hope you two will finish that story one day too. I'm still in the middle of rereading it.

You've probably heard this more than a hundred times, but congrats! I totally love this story. It will be something I can curl up with again and again. Definitely - this piece is truly memorable. I thank you for writing it and sharing it with your readers.

Keep up the fantasticspectularwonderfulinspiringbrilliantprodigiousamazingbreathtakingmagnificenthistrionicstupendousdazzling piece of art work. :)