Wow: what could be better than a really imaginative tale that mixes adventure and genuine emotion, and is wonderfully told? I loved every single word of this, doll: the way you weave myth into your fiction is so clever, because it lends your fic real authenticity. I'm trying to figure out what it reminds me of in tone, and the nearest I can come up with is a sort of cross between Megan Lindholm's Windsinger novels and the movie Jumanji: this fic is imbued all through with a similarly enthralling sense of magic, mystery, danger and surrealism: all the time I was wondering what would come next.

I love your Cas… I struggled with writing Cas POV too in Something Stupid but I think you've gotten a real handle on the stoicism, devotion and loyalty that are the basis for his humanity. The Cas I've seen on the show is so very much the Cas who would give up his Grace again for Dean in this story, even if it dooms him to return to Morpheus (and you better damn well be writing a sequel where they find a loophole!). I loved how Dean came to realize how much Castiel cares about him (it was really only at the end of the fic that I realized Dean hadn't actually been in it very much, but he's ever-present because he's so clearly ever-present to Cas) – it means so much more after 6.22-7.02. So damn bittersweet to have Cas realizing his "future" with Dean was also an illusion.

Just so damn well done, sweetness, really. ♥♥♥♥♥