I adore you! I adore this story! I adore this wonderful chapter!!!! I completely adore the Chaosverse Master!!!!

And in a story of incomparable fun and drama, this may be my favorite bit:

“You know,” said Brem, into his shoulder, sounding annoyed even as he let himself be hugged, “when we get out of this, we’re going to have a conversation about how you thought I was actually going to kill you.”