Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!

the choice of words, the pace, the emotions were perfect. really one lovely piece.

Ur really good. But i find it that reno was always a ikiller in Midgar it'svery cold and shallow i imaginer like a cold person whose lost all hope for humanity and tries to live anyway he can even selling his own soul.

I like ur opion alot and his death was great.(is he isn't dead) but why did u not mention Rude or Tseng? they r turks too.

The thing i know about reno is he a fun loving guy but deep down he vergy cold and not much of a believer. He has the heart of a deviceir(sp?) and can play any part and act any role without batting an eye.

who knows what reno's past was like or how he imagine things to be. FF should make a Reno squel only. or an anime of him and the Turks.

God this was probably one of the best Reno one-shots I've read in a long time.

:DD

I really like your writing style. Although sometimes I thought there were a few run-on's but I probably read wrong. (faves)

I loved the line that likened the haze about the sun to "a gossamer curtain veiling and diffusing the light" - beautiful imagery, when taken together with the line that likens the sun to a harlot a couple paragraphs down. You've managed to grasp the atmosphere of a grey day and the monotony of a hated cycle perfectly.

The dulled desperation, the stubborn will to survive even when trapped inside an endless nightmare - the sage observation that no one volunteers to become an executioner - are covered remarkably well even with Reno as the rambling narrator. He muses on matters that could easily meander into the realm of high-brow and philosophical, but manages to navigate around those dangerous waters with a smooth ease, resulting in a stream-of-fading-consciousness that works remarkably well. He's an assasin, albeit a very human one. And who knows what fate later befell him on that cold floor? Rufus survived as Midgar died; Tseng resurrects - heck, even Sephiroth resurrects (well, kinda) and Reno's no slouch himself.

Here's to hoping. :D

That was great. :) I really like the style and the way the word associations in Reno's mind all blur together and make sense at the end.

And you definitely shouldn't apologise for that ending; I thought you handled it very well. It's more powerful if those really are his last moments anyway, so I'll just ignore that little loophole you offered. :P

Aw my poor bodyguard! *hugs Reno and sniffs* But like you said, Reno doesn't HAVE to be dead. ^^ Very sad, very well written. And I admit...you've captured the idea of the Turks and how we - I mean they - can't choose their owns fates. -_- Depressing in a way, but true.

it was good, yeah? :3

I enjoyed this. The imagery was well done, it really conjured up pictures and colors to set the whole thing into motion.

It's deep too, which is always good, I hate flat fictions that just seem to build 2 dimensional characters and then knock them down again.

If you do get round to writing a second chapter, it'd be great to see it here! ^_^

I don't usually read stream-of-consciousness writings, but I really liked this one. Though one thing put me off - your A/N at the end ruined the ending of the fic for me. I know you wanted to explain your reasons why you chose to end the fic the way you did, but it doesn't really compliment the thrill I felt up until the last line before getting smacked in the face with that mood-ruining A/N.
But hey, that's me and my preferences.

I liked the repetitive sentences, they tied everything together, making the story flow. All the small Reno-isms mixed in the overall context very well, as did the theory of accidental happenings (I really liked that idea and the way it was presented in the fic). I'm especially fond of the "don't fix what's not broken" bit and the last line of the fic - it was a fitting conclusion, straight to the point and wound everything up nicely.

This one is definitely going to my favourites.