Really enjoyed this, to be honest. I was expecting something to happen between Sniper and Samantha considering that in Reunion, it was obvious their relationship was falling apart(if not already gone). I still wasn't expecting this to happen, though. But... how come Sniper's just accepting the loss of River? He doesn't say or imply anything that would indicate he's going to get him back, which kinda strikes me as strange, because the parents I know would fight tooth and nail for their kids. It's bugging me, to be honest. Oh, and I liked Ilse here: “Certainly you weren’t zinking of somezing like, say, driving zat van all ze way zhere and wasting precious time doing some sort of ‘bonding’ or vhatevah.†Also, Samantha deserves to get whacked over the head. Thank you for writing this!