i love this story!

at first, i was highly skeptical of the premise, but the richness of the characters slowly won me over -- a surprising element, since i never found neroon THAT interesting on the tv series, but i LOVE how you drew him here!

well written, everyone "in character", this story fits in PERFECTLY with the b5 universe while respecting the source material. i really don't have any more to add than what others have already written, but i felt compelled to add a comment for so well-crafted a story. cheers!

I just started reading this I think its really beautifully written, every character comes across as being realistic and it feels like there all meant to be there.

I really like the plotline to and how you’ve played with politics and also put in all the different factions its really true to the Babylon 5 universe.

Do you think you can have epoligue where Neroon's secret was told to Sheridan?

Or even something to prove how stupid both Earth and Minbar truly are.

I have forgotten how funny this story is, and I am glade that I found it again. I will read more of this again tomarrow, good night.

This was a great chapter and holds so many little things that will effect the future of own two misplaced love birds. More please. I getting there! :)

Blame other writers for me finding really good and long stories. I know that doesn't make up for my lack of dilagnce to yours but please for give my grevous error.
Anyway another nice chapter. So Celina will be staying with Lady Lorella. I say it would be a great brake for her that will cause Neroon unending confusing for some time after she gets back to the ship with a LOT more then she went with. Till next time.

I loved this story! It's a great character piece. I never thought of Neroon like this, but it really fits his character well. And the ending was a tear-jerker.

As always a wonderful blend of humor and drama. More please.

Heartbreaking- though I did see it coming a while ago. It was especially sad since the majority of the story was from her point of view.

While you didn't intend to have it have a slant on today's terrorism, I couldn't help but see it. It was the weapon, probably. And it makes me sad, because while Celina is fictitious, Daniel Pearl was not- and any time I could wish I could easily look up his death and watch it too. I never will- heck, I can't even watch The Passion- but I've already cried enough for the very idea that those bastards recorded that for his wife to have to see. They call us enemies of God as they kill a Christian man without any remorse on their faces.

I can see how this would influence how he would see Delenn in the future- actually, as a work of literature, this is excellent. But it's too dark for me. This is undoubtedly my own fault, without blame on yourself; I'm a bit sensitive like that. Heck, I almost cried over Steve Irwin. ;D

I'm a hopeless sap who would want them to have lots of babies and live dysfunctionally ever after, but I suppose it's the tragedy that keeps me with a story. Marcus and Ivanova- countless stories written by countless fans who simply cannot accept no for an answer; even after the shock wears off, we stick with it. But that's hopeless romantics for you. ;)

I think I'll go off and indulge myself with some icecream, and perhaps read some silly Doctor Who fluff. Ah, comfort food.

Oh gosh! I'm not sure what to say.

Thank you for such a great story. I kept coming back looking for updates, which shows how good it was.

Such a tragic ending, just as they seemed to be making a go of their relationship. I didn't see that coming.

No; I'm so shocked, I can't think of anything else to write.

Thank you.

Loved reading the story! Thank you so much for writing it!

Honestly, I just knew you'd kill Celina, but desperately held onto the tiny shred of hope that you wouldn't until the very last. This is eerily like reading one of Shakespeare's tragedies - I'm left with a gnawing feeling of disbelief that is totally illogical and emotionally draining to boot.

If Celina lived, what do I think would have happened to her? A tragic end is highly probable given she's stuck between two worlds that each go balistic in just a few years while the rest of galaxy warps around them. If she did surivive, I'd be seriously concerned for her sanity. Only the major players controlling events and the people so far on the outside as to be barely touched by the events are spared in such a conflict.

In the meantime, I'd expect her relationship with Neroon to become very much love/hate. It would be endless, exhausting tension building into huge fights that each would desperately try to win until finally resorting to their only remaining weapon - a reluctant, suspicious tenderness that would leave them both uncertain as to who actually won. So tension would build again creating a cycle.

Very sad. Maybe just putting Celina out of her misery really was merciful.

Thank you again for writing such a beautiful, heart-wrenching, wonderfully humorous, and thrilling story! Please, please write another Babylon 5 story someday - you have great skill at it!

It is good to hear that Yager got his due! And that you showed clearly that Celina doesn't have Stockholm Syndrome. The emotional upheaval in these last chapters is astounding! Of course, the rollercoaster of trying to guess WHO would try to kill Celina is largely to blame. I seriously thought she wouldn't make the transit but there were more chapters left. Then thought it would be the Psicore after they'd picked her brain. Homeguard never crossed my mind, which seems silly now as they are the wackos most likely to want her dead and have the most to gain from it. Is Celina really dead? REALLY? *cries*

Celina's way of avoiding answering Earth's questions is hysterical! "I don't know. I was scared." What is crazy is they are still true statements, but not what Earth wants to hear. The Minbari didn't let her learn anything of military or political value and she was scared for much of the time. But we all know the Earth officials won't be satisfied with that...

‘Oh, Neroon, I think he just stepped on your brilliance,’ she said and the other Minbari actually did look back at them, then to his feet.
‘He wouldn’t dare,’ the Alyt intoned in a deadly drawl.

Now this is FUNNY. I can see how this is more of a drama then a more light hearted story but it just so funny at times it hard to believe. Even with the minimal amount of character in the story it still seem quite interesting and a good read for a time. I can only read one thing for so long before I get burned out and look for something else to do. Its the other aurths fault. They just HAVE to read such good stories that its hard to read them all.

I got your last response- no worries there. :)

This was great. I too liked Lorella. The Centuaris remind me sometimes of Greek or Italian families because of their mannerisms, even though I know they were based off of the Roman empire- whatever. All come from the same area. ;p

I also liked the bit of culture we got to see about Celina's family. I hadn't even thought about her name's origin.

This entire story brings up one of those fascinating concepts that science fiction and fantasy writers all ponder at some point or another. What defines whether or not a relationship is wrong? Would it be morally wrong to love another species that was as sentient as yourself, even if such species seemed, to you, to resemble an animal more than a person? You know, in Disney movies, they have no problem with this. It was not until I was a teenager that I even considered that perhaps Beauty and the Beast was a little weird! :D (Then again, anybody who watches Disney movies closely will realise that the creators of those movies have a perverse sense of humour. I know they edited the later editions, but lucky people such as myself still have an Aladdin where Genie says 'take off all your clothes' and the such. Tangent.)

Of course, people seem repulsed by the mere idea that Celina would love an alien. This is a perfect precursor for the madness that ensues (even if it wasn't gone into in very much depth) when Sheridan chooses to marry Delenn.