omg i have been searching for this fan fic for as long as 5 years its so good. the plot and the wording of each sentence is breath taking... my god u r a great writer!

Your writing is excellent! I love the way you form a tense aura in this story! it's amazing!

Wow. You certainly portray Knives in a way I've not read before. Interesting seeing Vash from the black sheep perspective. Good job.

I'm impressed at how much detail you add. That's really interesting about the xenon, too.

Nice. The biblical references add a lot of depth.

Yeesh. Sounds about as pleasant as MY last well-woman exam! Yesh...

I found you through a recommendation by Thunk--she's right, you are good! I enjoy the attention to detail, like mentioning Conrad's arthritis. Moloch as an ancestor for Legato has great poetic justice to it, and that's a neat connection between he and Meryl. I think you used the pronoun "free-born" plant a bit to liberally, but that's the only critique I have. I'm enjoying this!

I feel bad. I read this fic a WHILE ago (years ago) and absolute loved it (still do) but i never reviewed. i dunno why tho...well, here ya go!
lmao. ^_^; i'm late, but hey.
~`~YOU'RE AN AWESOME WRITER, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BY NOW! *^_^*

BRAVO!!

A SEQUAL, PLEASE!

I can't believe it just ended... "I will not cooporate" that last line reminded me vaguely of Princess Leia from 'Star Wars' (lol).

But seriously. Even if you just write ONE more chapter for a sequal to this fic, from that one chapter, you might want to write another, then another, etc. I want to know if Meryl and Knives' relationship changes, how the baby plant grows (who it takes after, etc.), what ever happened to Legato and Eleandra, and of course- Vash. But mainly, I want to know more about Knives and Meryl's relationship. I found thier relationship to be the most heart-wrenching and interesting of all the relationships in the fic. Nice work.

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This darker take on the Trigun universe is nice. Damn nice. I always felt the true Knives and Trigun universe-- the manga especially-- really did have darker elements and tones to it. Anyway, poor Meryl! Knives and Legato make for one tough team. You should definitly write more Trigun fanfiction-- why not another short, angsty, one shot? That would be nice... Please!? Good work.

Ok, I finally read your story and I LOVED it!! But please tell me there's a sequel somewhere because there's so many unanswered questions.
What happens to Meryl and the baby?
Does Wolfwood live?
Is Vash ever accepted back by his family?
Does Meryl have another baby?

Wow, I really like this story! I read it in two settings and loved every minute of it. :) I liked all the science and logic you put behind this, with the dynamicytes, the explanations referring to plants, and Rem's ancestry, it create a whole new level to this story that I found particularly interesting. I also especially liked how Meryl, Knives and everyone else at the compound were supposed to hate each other, but time and constant contact eliminated any anger they felt towards one another.

Vash's storyline was heartbreaking. He seemed to lose more and more of himself as the story went on, seemingly because his brother was suddenly painted in a better light than himself. In the end, it became only about stopping Knives, and it didn't seem like Vash even cared about Meryl at all. Like Vash was obsessed with always playing the hero, but didn't know what to do with himself once he discovered that his brother might not be as villainous as he once thought. In fact, Vash almost seemed to become a villain himself, towards the end. It's very interested (and sad) to think that Vash would base so much of himself (like you said, he was always 'reacting') off of Knives, that once his brother began to change, he didn't know what to do with himself.

My only complaint about this story was how it just seemed to end. For instance, we are never told the future for Meryl, or if Wolfwood is okay or not. But I suppose that, in a way, this mimics life, and we are only left with a collection of assumptions. It doesn't detract from the story, and I didn't mind the not-so-happy ending at all, but I think this bothered me because I liked this so much that I wanted there to be more of it. :) Just me being a greedy reader.

I seriously think this is one of the best Trigun stories I have ever read. It was extremely well-written, the plot was AMAZING, so much so that I never even noticed I had read 28 chapters. :) Thank you for creating something so wonderful!

i loved this story.

Wow. Yike.
I love Meryl's determination to raise Tessla and counter Knives in every way she can. That is very good.

I really don't like how you have left Vash broken. He has lost himself.

Does the hope of Gunsmoke's humanity now rest on a determined mother and a very conflicted little girl, as their previous champion has fallen into loss and confusion? Or will it be that by the time the child has grown enough to start making her own decisions, he will have found his balance again enough to rejoin the fight?

A lot of questions, possiblities, and heartache left, after a lot of heartache gone through. Excellent, but I need to go read something fluffy right now to counter it. :)

Bravo! Happy endings are so over done. I am glad you tried something different. Even though its been a few years since you wrote this, I would love a sequal.