Thank you so much! I’ve always thought that the first person and present tense can help me approach an illusion of reality, and it’s wonderful to know that a reader – and a writer – like you experienced something not fictional when reading this. I’m glad you don’t seem to have felt that the closeness here led to an uncomfortable level of intimacy.

The line you quoted must be one of my favourites here, too. Perhaps this point in the story is also some kind of a climax. In the whole of my Remus’s story this is – in my interpretation – one of the rare moments when he’s close to not resisting death, and I can’t help being happy with the way I made him state it here. While you may interpret the line differently , I’m thrilled you enjoyed and appreciated it.