"We should never permit historical reality to get in the way of a good story." Indeed we shouldn't, and what an amusing little story it was. :)

One word for this: Aww!

Feisty. I like it. This Grace character is my kinda gal. ;)

"It's time he chased me for a change, don't you agree?" I couldn't help but smile at that. I honestly don't blame LaCroix for wanting Nick to chase him for a change. I would. :P Naturally Natalie would have to be involved. Nothing would bother Nick more than not knowing where she was.

"Oh, Nicolas, do not spoil a good story with details. There are so many to tell."

YES THERE ARE.

"Nick Knight's still there though, under all these centuries."

This. THIS is FASCINATING. I LOVE the idea that we are a core in the onion of our experiences and, peel back the layers, and you have BOTH the Old Thing and a New Thing.

Intense and complicated and SWEET.

This is bizarrely cute. Is that weird?

I like this Grace. She's kinda cool.

Oh HEAVY. Ugh. That hurts.

Wow, this is INTENSE. So much power-play and sensory overload. Wow. Just wow. It's PERFECT.

I love how this story opens out-the dialogue, the scenery, the stillness-and then snap! closed. "YOu WILL..."

So sharp. Wonderful.

Wow. Scary. But sexy.

There's so much LOVE here. Just...just...dawwwwww.

I love love.

And yet...and yet she mourns. So sad.

Oh, I LOVE this one. So much complex juxtaposition-dark and light, change and stagnation, love and...whatever else.

This is about "turning" in so many ways but. BUT. there is that last line. Impossibility. It's finite. Finished.

Wow.

I'm struck by the word "unobtrusively." It cuts Nick as a contemplative, character, though I'm sure spending a zillion years on earth makes one as such.

Very thoughtful piece. Quiet.