Thank you! In my head, Chapter 9's the real finale and this is more a sort of epilogue that I felt the audience deserved. Like with Mixing Sizes, my goal was to end on maximum good feels and point to a hopeful future for our protags. 

That's a good point you make about Lanz finding his own happiness alongside that provided to him by Miriam. Lanz is a character who has never been able to live for himself, always acting on the behest of those with control over him, so I probably should have delved into that for this finale, but I do think he would need some time to actually find that for himself. 

Thank you so much for reading, and for letting me know you liked it! I can only hope my future work continues to impress.

Thank you so much! This is extremely high praise, and I cannot express how much I appreciate it (though I'm gonna try anyway). This story was very stressful to write for a variety of reasons, most significantly that I've never done enemies to lovers before and was terrified of progressing their relationship at unsatisfying pace (whether too fast or too slow) and making sure it was believable. I'm so, so happy that I apparently managed to succeed on that front from your and others' feedback.

Thanks for appreciating my worldbuilding through the era of weaponry mentioned. I was actually going for WWII-era (which is why Baltzimar was in the middle of developing nukes), but I did cheat and included some later tech as "prototypes" (I had to include a Desert Eagle, I'm sorry!). My main goal was to establish this world as pre-computers/pre-cellphones, so Vietnam War is close enough for my satisfaction.

Environmental descriptions are something I struggle with more than characterization and such, so I'm glad so many people liked how I wrote the island. Tropics at least give me a lot of colors to work with, so that helps a lot.

I think after enough time stranded, anyone is going to go at least a little crazy, even hardened soldiers. I knew they wouldn't completely lose their minds, but after enough time from civilization, it makes sense their inhibitions would start to fade away.

I don't remember which moment you're referring to with me describing Miriam's ability to kill Lanz, but that's something I find very appealing about gentle giantess: the idea that they could effortlessly kill their tiny companion, but choose not to and consciously hold themselves back when handling them. Glad you were able to stomach that, sorry if I ever went too far with it lol.

Thanks again for all the kind words. I'm really proud of all the love this story has garnered.

Thank you! I'm of the belief that a slow burn leads to a more satisfying payoff, so I'm happy to hear you appreciate that. I like to go all out with my endings, make them as happy/satisfying as can be. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you! I wanted to write something more plot-centric since slice of life is more of my go-to, and militaristic deserted island story seemed like it'd be fun to write. I'm glad to hear I pulled it off lol. 

Thank you so much! I'm quite proud of how this one turned out. Hearing that my environmental descriptions were good makes me happy because I struggle with that more than the other two things you mentioned (though I'm glad you enjoyed those too!). I always proofread and revise every chapter before uploading it. I think doing so is kinda the bare minimum when sharing writing. I take pride in this stuff, and it'd bother me if it were full of errors (admittedly, I can't always catch everything during revision, but I try my best). Thank you for appreciating that. 

Thank you so much! The characters' development and how their relationship transformed are very important to this story and thus required a lot of effort (and stress) out of me, so it's good to see that paid off. I'm working hard on the next chapter as we speak! 

I'm glad to see you're still enjoying this story!

Thank you for reading! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the chapter (and the escapades within).

I wasn't sure if I wanted to include the flashback at first, but it was so fun writing it, given how different it is from what I normally write, that I'm happy I did it. The line you mentioned was not inspired by John Hammond as I completely forgot about that part of Jurassic Park, but that's a good pull, and there will be references to stuff in later chapters. 

As for the bullets... yeah, that was kind of an oversight on my part. They are still poisoned because that's how Fidelphi makes all its ammunition for its military (given they are almost always fighting bigs, its more efficient to just treat all their ammo. It's really only special situations, like with Lanz, where they are targeting other tinies, and bullets are effective no matter what against them.) Now, realistically, the poison should probably have a stronger effect on tinies since it'd be a larger dose to their smaller bodies, but my logic at the time (which I definitely did not do a good job of expressing in the text) is that because the toxin is synthetic, it's designed to target nerve ends in the body part it penetrates, so it has the same effect on any creature no matter the size (again, have no clue if the science on that tracks anywhere outside my head, but I figure in a setting where people can be five inches tall, I can maybe skew scientific fact here and there, I dunno). Even though their poisoned and paralyzing, the victim still feels the initial shock/pain of the bullet entering their body before their limb goes numb.  

The football analogy was one of those things I thought of before I even fully figured out the context for it. Like, Lanz is going to be caught and I'm going to describe it like that because it sounds cool lol. 

Wearable soap is a great idea. So great that it almost makes me reconsider sabotaging the soap supply so you're stuck with an unwashed giantess (as you should prefer!)

Glad you enjoyed Miriam's "cherry boy hunting." I love that sort of dynamic and was afraid it wouldn't be well-received, but people seemed to dig it, so that's a relief.