>>64 The sentence fragment was a stylistic thing that wound up falling a little short... Sometimes for the sake of flow and poetry in prose I tend to abuse sentence fragments... sometimes it winds up not working. And thanks! (Could not resist Engie not being able to resist tinkering. I have known my fair share of mad science types (actually, I have a brother who is really, really into the design of robotic prosthetic limbs... He already has goggles, too. I am going to have to drag him into a group cosplay now if it kills me...)) >>66 Ah, I see once again I had the dumb during the entire word choice-through-revision process... I swear I knew that, too, that's what rankles. Like, if I had just been unaware of that ability, I'd be all like 'oops, I'm uninformed', but I feel worse having to say 'oops, I'm clumsy'... (although, I can't remember which button either... which is a shame now that I have the Dead Ringer...) Anyway, glad you liked the fic! I often write loner!Spy, but I have a soft spot for team player!Spy, too, so I was really happy to write him actually being a part of the team instead of just some guy who shows up to do his job and then insults everyone and leaves... And thanks everyone else, always happy when folks enjoy what I wrote!