This is great. It does make you wish that more people could be like Malachite though.

Oh, I like that. Especially knocking the chip off his shoulder at the end, which I completely didn't get until the word "chip." Nice.

teehee, nice ending, lovely little story.

Laughs out loud at that wonderful last line--what a beautiful set up! Splendid one-shot, glad I read it.

Ooh. The first Terry Pratchett fanfiction I've ever read, and it turns out to be really cool... :)

Aww. (What is it about trolls that makes me go 'Aww' anyway?) I like it :)

II(:

Ah, that was great! Well done!

Aw... That was really touching! I loved your clever use of the "chip on his shoulder" motiff.(sp?)

The one thing I wasn't quite sure about: Wouldn't Sam panic, at least a little, at the sight of Mal reaching down to pat Young Sam on the head?

Otherwise, lovely!