Thanks for the kind words about the dynamic between Ada and Duncan here. I was trying to do something different, with Ada thinking she was just doing what Duncan wanted her to do. It was a fun idea to play around with for sure! And yeah, I knew that Duncan crawling in to get that grape skin out of her mouth was going to be a bit out there for some people to suspend their disbelief for, but at least that mouthplay scene ended up being enough for you to over look that!

I'm so thrilled to see that you were at least a little bit interested in Duncan for a little while. I know a lot of what I went for with him didn't resonate with you. As for why Duncan acted this way, it was mostly his trust issues and paranoia resulting from his time with Kristie and Natasha in the past. He just assumed the worst in Ada because he knew nothing about her and she was hesitant to let him go (because she thought she was putting him back in the wild). But yeah, I think there was a certain element of fear at play as well.

And you're not the first one to ding me for making the climax of this chapter too brief. Initially, this chapter was going to be even longer, but I ended up moving two scenes to another chapter. Prior to that, though, I kind of rushed myself through that part to try to make room for more. At least you liked seeing Duncan go off about everything that happened to him! And hopefully, even though it was too short, Ada's horror at the thought that Duncan thought of her that way shined through.

Ah! I see where part of our differing opinions on Duncan is coming from. You see, you called him a boring character, then compared him to a "typical" Greenanon protagonists. These two statements are contradictory to me! I think he writes interesting, fun main characters, and you saying that about Duncan is about as high a compliment as I could receive, even if you didn't mean it that way. So part of this might be that we just view male leads in these particular type of story in very different ways.

Although, again, the fact that you refer to him as a "generically" snarky guy tells me that I needed to do a better job of conveying those aspects of his personality that I thought shined through in his actions and words. There's a lot going on with his character already, but I maybe could have been less cryptic about it and just stated some things outright.

Yeah, Callie's fandom over Monica is super cute! This is a big moment for her, which is why her stopping Monica from grabbing Duncan and getting defensive of him was meant to show just how important Duncan is to her even at this early point of them knowing each other. You pointing this out and mentioning specifically that it was her idol's hand she was grabbing makes me feel pretty good about that point getting across here.

There are reasons Monica is so domineering and enjoys (at least here) tearing down people she finds are deserving (with the bar for that being pretty low). I think the fact that she runs a company filled with cutthroat business types makes being like this a natural development over time (and, as we see later, there are other, more personal reasons for her to be like this as well). But with Callie in particular, Monica wanted to blow off some steam after it seemed as though Duncan, someone she really cares about and has been worried about for the last six months, has just blown her off and probably taken a job somewhere else without even talking to her first. So she's looking to take her frustration out on somebody, and Callie, as the messenger, looks like a pretty good target to her.

Of course, later on in the chapter she comes to regret thinking of Callie like this and ripping into her at all, as she gets to know the college girl and sees how great a person she really is.

The fight between Callie and Duncan to start this off was one of the first scenes I thought of when putting this chapter together in my head. I'm thrilled that you also found this to be really funny!

I can't say enough how much I love your first impression of Alyssia! I know at least one reader hates her because of this first scene between her and Duncan inside the purse (which is also good, I'll take any strong reactions I can get when it comes to my characters), but this is the vibe I was going for with her! She's treating him the same way she always has, using her size advantage in a small way to get her point across. I agree 100 percent on tinies being made of glass too often in these stories, particularly in the emotional sense but obviously in the physical one as well.

I get the issue of Monica being his boss here, and you're not the first one to bring this up, but I think in the context of the moment, that's not how Duncan is taking her actions here. He doesn't feel like he needs to rub Monica's feet to keep his job or to try and get promoted. This is a personal thing, one that steps out of the professional sphere and shows their bond growing on a personal level. She knows he's into feet, and she's right; he is. If Duncan had acted disgusted, frightened, or angry, Monica would have stopped immediately and apologized profusely. But she recognized his fetish (one she has as well) and decided that this was both something she could help him come to terms with and something they could share together (Monica isn't exactly the type to make her fetishes or other personal stuff known).

So she's doing this to help Duncan, as he's trying to deny or shut out a part of himself (his fetish). She also feels like they can both get something out of it, especially since neither of them are in a relationship at the time. Having her feet attended to and being able to dominate a tiny person (spoilers indeed!) is an opportunity she just can't pass up, provided the tiny is willing, which Duncan is. Since Monica is into women and the respect she has for Duncan, there's only so far this can go, but it's still something they both immensely enjoy together, even if their overall relationship remains platonic.

Hey! I'm glad you enjoyed the story and that you decided to go through it again and review each chapter! Sorry for taking so long to respond, but I've had a lot going on of late. I'll get to each chapter review from you though!

You're dead on about the "tiny person in my house" thing. Very early in my thinking this up, I wanted to take a classic, clichéd theme like this and try to do something different with it, freshen up the concept.

I love that Callie resonated with you right away, and you're exactly right about her. She's in a bad place at this point, but she's staying true to herself and trying to power through it rather than letting it bog her down and reshape her attitude. Actually, this adversity, in a lot of ways, has only strengthened who she is, as it made her want to help Duncan even more rather than shut down and focus on her own problems.

Reading all of your reviews, it seems a lot of what I tried to do with Duncan didn't quite resonate with you. That sucks to read as an author, but I really appreciate the feedback. I'll go back and try to reevaluate some things and see how I could have made some things clearer with him, so that I can convey some of those things through my future characters more broadly.

As for Duncan sharing his story with Callie, it was more out of a desperation to connect with someone after six months of almost complete isolation from humanity than trust that he did that. Granted, he did spend a week testing her after observing her before that, so he was fairly confident that she was a good person, especially after she went out of her way to feed him and make him feel like a person again (talking to him through the wall). But Duncan doesn't trust easy, both because of what happened after he shrank and his life in general before that.

I didn't rush this for narrative reasons, though. Between Duncan's state of mind here and Callie having earned the moment through her actions, I thought it developed pretty naturally. Again, I feel like the disconnect here is that I didn't do a good enough job of showing off his mental state at the time. Sorry about that.

A lot of Duncan's story was told very casually by him because of his general state of mind as his journey progressed, which doesn't really get explained until later. I was hoping that the way he told some parts of the story like this compared to the part about Kristie would help emphasize that, at some point, he just kind of accepted things as they came and decided to just roll with it, using the trauma of whatever Kristie did to show that he does, in fact, have limits to that levity and that some things really do linger within him.

So the squirrel fight, by the time it happened, was past that point for Duncan. So much shit had happened to him at that point that it barely even registers as a near-death experience to him anymore. Every day came with those, and rather than lose his mind by living in constant fear, he just kind of stopped worrying about it and decided that he was at peace of today was the day he died. So that's why he comes off more embarrassed than traumatized when he tells this story.

Also, Callie adds to the levity a lot, finding the story cute and funny at first. As a normal-sized person, the thought of a tiny person fighting a squirrel for food doesn't immediately register as dangerous, I think. It's just such a hard thing to empathize with. But there was a point when she realized how big a thing this actually was and that he could have actually died, and she got serious in that moment. Then Duncan's method of escape brought humor back into the picture.

I'm happy the shoebox scene came off the way I wanted it to. I really wanted to show how resourceful and competent she was, as that comes into play several times throughout the story (such as with Duncan's clothes, his gym, how his shoebox house eventually turns out, etc.). And yeah, she's all about making others feel comfortable, especially someone like Duncan, who has been through hell. Not to mention that she feels like helping Duncan is somewhat therapeutic for herself, making her feel less useless as her problems seem so far out of reach for her.

I think Duncan's response to Callie here makes a lot of sense for the character. He appreciates what she's doing for him, sure, but he's also very cautious. Again, he doesn't trust easily, and we already know that one other person who found him treated him with kindness as well only to turn around and torture him later on. So while I get that a lot of people would have had a big reaction to her effort, I think his approach was perfect for where he's at right now. Plus, he did thank her and go out of his way to make her feel better about the arrangements being less than ideal by her own standards (him mentioning that he had slept in a hole in the wall for the past month).

Yeah, Callie's more of an open-book type, while Duncan is a lot more guarded. It's by design that we're still trying to figure out more about who he really is at this point. Like you said, we know a lot about what happened to him, but a good amount of time is spent throughout this story showing how those things affected him and who they made him become.

As for the lack of central conflict thing, yeah, I kind of slow roll everything out. This chapter was more about establishing the premise for the story and getting the reader familiar with these characters than giving them a problem to solve.

So yeah, I'm glad you seemed to mostly like the first chapter. And I really appreciate your honesty. I don't necessarily agree with everything you said here, it's certainly given me a lot to think about!

A gut punch, huh? Awesome! That's what I was going for! It could be worse, though. When I started writing this, I was actually going to leave things like this a while and go write another full-length story before coming back to this. But the feedback and interest I've gotten back on this story, as well as how much I've fallen in love with these characters, changed that plan. I'm currently working on a one-shot, but I'm getting back to this with the second story right after that!

I'm incredibly happy that the deconstruction/reconstruction of Monica worked for you! I really wanted to show why she is the way she is through this stuff with Kristie. She's shown signs of being more than just the tough executive she seemed to be at first glance, but I wanted to go deeper with that over the past few chapters. But this one was also about getting her back to being that boss bitch we all (or most of us, anyway) know and love! Hopefully this new context and layers added to her here will add something to her actions as she starts acting more like herself.

And I love wholesome smut! What can I say? I just had to slip this Monica and Kristie stuff in before the big cliffhanger!

It's awesome that Monica's wet feet smacking onto the bathroom floor stood out for you! I can't take full credit for that, though. That actually came from a suggestion made by MXP, who has also been helping me out over the past couple chapters! He had some great suggestions that helped guide me on that bath scene for Kristie, too, and his feedback (as well as Breastclimber and Breastclimbee's) has been invaluable throughout my writing process!

But I can't even begin to tell you how gratifying it is to read that you, of all people, now find Kristie's abrasive and vulgar behavior charming rather than repulsive. I've worked hard to "flip the script" on her, starting her in a place that made her so easy to hate and seemingly irredeemable. My goal was to get her to a place where she's ripe for redemption by the end of the first story, and based on your comments here (especially as opposed to your comments on her before), I feel like I succeeded in doing that! I mean, you saying that she'd be your favorite character without Callie and Duncan being around speaks volumes (because I know how much you love those two)!

And you're exactly right about her, too! Kristie has no clue how to process her own emotions, so anger and vulgarity are her default. She has every reason to hate the world based on how she grew up, but that has cost her so much once she found herself with someone she truly cared about (Duncan). Thankfully, Monica, due at least in part to her own guilt, was able to see through all that and has helped Kristie start to deal with some of her issues. Hopefully she can keep it up and grow as a person and maybe even find her way inside Monica again!

I'm also glad the silliness of Kristie flushing silverware down the toilet wasn't too over the top! I wanted that to come off as funny and a bit desperate on her part, and you calling that precious strikes me as the perfect blend of that! She was so desperate for Monica's attention that she sabotaged her own plumbing with silverware. That is damned cute, isn't it? But it also has a bit of that rough around the edges element that Kristie has to her at the same time, I think (or hope).

And yeah, I loved writing Monica trying to work through her feelings, getting all hot and bothered by every bit of attention that Kristie paid her. And, as we've talked about before, I really wanted to show that Monica was just as into Kristie physically as she is emotionally and vice versa. Monica finds Kristie to be ridiculously attractive, right down those hot, sexy legs of hers (I'm a leg guy, so that means a lot coming from me!). Oh, and I too wonder if Monica and Kristie might have a "discussion" about what colors would look good on their nails and how best they may apply it to each other (you may or may not have awoken something in me with Lynn getting her nails painted by a big!) ...

As for Monica coming out, yeah, I wanted there to be a reason she was so hesitant to do that. And I think she's completely justified to feel that way, even though she shouldn't have to. Her dad didn't get upset or disown her. No, he didn't allow her to be gay. He just said no, rejecting the idea, rejecting her, and walking off as though the matter were settled. That's the harshest reaction I can imagine for someone having to go through that.

As soon as Kristie realized that her insult was a little too on-the-nose, she knew she had to fix it right away. Again, that harsh mentality of hers tends to ruin things for her. Thankfully, both of them had gained enough of an understanding about the other to navigate that situation and actually grow closer because of it. Monica understood as soon as Kristie explained it that Kristie's slur was her way of dealing with an emotion she didn't fully understand. In a weird, fucked up way, it was because Kristie cared so much that she lashed out like that. Once Monica realized that, the  whole incident did a 180, and Monica's feelings bloomed even more at the confirmation that Kristie really did feel the same way.

Thank you for your extremely kind words on the scene on Monica's back! I'm so glad you enjoyed that, and I'll take "vivid" and "captivating" as words to describe my work anytime! But what really made me smile was you pointing out that Kristie's legitimate laughter, without needing to hide her joy, was gratifying for you! Yes! That's exactly what I was trying to convey there, and I'm so glad that came through!

You're right about these two riding the lows together and now hitting the highs. I'm a big believer that the build is at least as important as the smut, and I think that definitely holds true with these two! You saying that you couldn't be happier for them is so satisfying for me!

Again, thanks for the compliment on that spanking scene and the butt stuff. They were never going to get too "deep" into the latter, as the final segment had to take over before that (I may have never gotten to that part if I let Kristie get inside that ass!). I'm thrilled that what we got from that scene was excellent for you!

And indeed, it's a shame that the good times couldn't last!

I'm so glad you pointed out Duncan summoning all the bad things with that thought at the start of that segment. I wanted to give a little heads up that bad shit might be happening, and I thought Duncan telegraphing it like that would be the best way to do it without just saying it. Your crack about retirement had me rolling, though! But yeah, everything that happens after this point is clearly all Duncan's fault!

Natasha was my ultimate red herring! It seemed like such a natural conclusion for our heroes to come to, especially when Natasha went into hiding. Little did they know that it was the bad guys themselves that she was hiding from, thinking that it was Duncan and company going after her! That you never even considered the possibility of this is so awesome to me! As for how Nat came to care for Duncan during his journey, I believe I noted in chapter one (maybe not clearly enough) that she found him after his encounter with that squirrel. The squirrel had clawed him up a bit, and those cuts became infected. So she found him in a near delusional state and nursed him back to health. Then ... something seemed to change, and she started tormenting him. He was with her for about a week after that before he escaped.

As for what the bad guys may be up to, it won't give too much away, but you may want to give chapter 10 another look. There may or may not be something in there that gives a vital detail about our mysterious villains. Maybe.

I love that Callie calling it "our apartment" had you swooning! She truly viewed her situation as living together with her boyfriend rather than taking him in or having to take care of him. And I'm so happy the fight scene went over so well! I felt like Callie would kick ass first and maybe, maybe ask questions later, after enough ass had been kicked. She wasn't about to fuck around with Duncan's safety, nor was she going to show any mercy to the bitch who tortured him.

I'm so relieved that you think my decision to break this up into another story makes sense. And yeah, the next story is going to be even more different than you're thinking now, I'm pretty sure, so I'm feeling really good about that choice now!

But oh man! To see such a strong reaction to Callie shrinking and the three of them getting captured is exactly what I wanted! You still reeling from this is fucking perfect! Are Callie and Duncan okay? If so, how long will that last? I mean, Ms. Baneford seemed to want Lyra to be careful with Duncan, so that has to be a good sight, right? RIGHT?!

All I can say is that a lot more things will be made clear really early in the next story (like the first two chapters early). Hopefully everything will make sense after that and the tone for the next story will be set.

I love how you called Duncan holding Callie for the first time "oddly gratifying." It's kind of weird, isn't it? This is a terrible thing that's happened to Callie, but it seems like it might have its advantages too. How will this affect their relationship indeed? And yeah, that "ruined dicks" line kind of takes on a whole new meaning now, doesn't it?

I can't tell you how happy I am to see that you're still dialed in to this story! Like I said above, those questions you have should be more or less answered pretty quickly in the next story. As for those nanomachines, that's certainly an interesting theory now, isn't it?

Thank you so much for the review, as always!

Hey, I really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review! I followed your advice at the very end, by the way!

It seems like you've taken a bit of a liking to Arnold! He's a pretty minor character (and will probably stay that way, more or less), but I'm glad you appreciated his work ethic. I wanted to highlight both how effective and dedicated the people at Research are at their jobs and how this current task was a bit out of their usual element (they're more of a corporate espionage operation). They were spread pretty thin investigating a mystery (especially when they weren't privy to all the available information), and running security surveillance left them a bit shorthanded. They found a way, though, thanks to Arnold!

I'm really glad you enjoyed all that Monica and Kristie stuff! I know F/f isn't necessarily your thing, so it means a lot to me that this worked for you! And while Kristie told Monica (and herself) that she was playing the role of "slave" for Monica's sake, she was enjoying herself at least as much as we (hopefully) were! I'd like to think that Monica picked up on that too, which helped her get into the role and get back to acting like the Monica we saw in earlier parts of the story. It's my hope that seeing Monica's vulnerable side over these last few chapters also helped the reader get a deeper understanding of what I hope is a complex character and that this will add context to her previous (and likely future) behavior.

You make a good point about the Monica and Kristie stuff maybe lulled the reader into a sense of comfort before that hard-hitting ending. While that was partially my goal, I'll admit that I also just kind of really got into Monica and Kristie here too, and that certainly played a role in that!

As for the ladder not being by the microwave, yeah, the ladders were put in for general convenience, not with security in mind. They didn't have a plan for a break-in like this. Duncan heading for the hole was just quick thinking and natural instinct on his part, especially once he realized who it was that had broken in. Once he knew Natasha was there looking for him, he knew he had to get to a place that she wouldn't even be able to look. He almost made it, too!

But yeah, he was also lamenting that they didn't put the ladder closer to the microwave once he made it to the countertop and saw how far he still had to go.

And yeah, Natasha has been roughing it for a while at this point, so she absolutely looked a little unhinged! While she squeezed him a couple times, I did try to hint at her deeper nature in those moments as well, which is something we'll get deeper into in the next story.

I'm also really happy you liked the fight scene so much! I can see what you're saying about picturing it from Duncan's perspective, and I did give some thought to showing that through Duncan's eyes, but I ultimately decided it was more compelling to show it from Callie's own perspective. That and I feel like that worked better at the end of the scene when Callie shrank as well. I'm glad you were able to visualize it from Duncan's perspective and found it hot, though!

We never did get clarification about what Lyra wanted Callie and Natasha for, did we? Nor do we know a whole lot about the motivations of Ms. Baneford, whom we haven't even met yet! There's a lot going on here that's yet to be revealed. But then, you already know that, don't you?

I'm also thrilled that the cliffhanger hit so hard for you!

And I really, really appreciate your compliments about my writing, and it's great to hear that you've enjoyed helping out with the story! Your efforts have been critical, so it makes me happy to see that this has been a good experience on your end, too!

Yeah, I'm partial to that chocolate fountain scene too! Granted there are a ton of other smutty scenes I loved writing, but that was the one that motivated me to actually write the story in the first place, so it has a special place in my heart. And I do remember you particularly enjoying that body-climbing scene with Alyssia. Thanks for highlighting it here, as I wasn't nearly as confident writing that one as I was some of the other smut and smut-adjacent scenes!

Polygamy? Repeat after me: This is NOT a harem story. This is NOT a harem story. Ha!

Thanks again for the review! It's great to see your thoughts on both the last chapter and the wider story condensed like this!

Good day, sir!

It's an honor to not know you. I hope you've recovered from stumbling over my story, as I've not updated my liability insurance in some time. Normally I'd be concerned about revealing this to you, but thankfully you don't read, so I should be in the clear here.

I so very much appreciate the attention you've paid to my chapter titles, as I've put more of my thought into those than I have those meddlesome words separating them. You wouldn't believe how long I debated things like vs. vs. vs. Shit. I mean vs vs. vs. Fuck, that still doesn't look right. Vs versus vs.? Uh, what's alliteration again?

I'm so glad to hear that your wife enjoyed the said words in my little story, but, based on her thoughts as shared here, it looks like she actually read the unsaid ones as well! I certainly wouldn't have blamed her for sticky to just the dialogue, so thus was a pleasant surprise!

As for the said words, both said and unsaid, I was really happy to see that your wife seems to be enjoying the progress being made between Monica and Kristie. Based on her feelings on Kristie earlier in the story, which I'm completely unaware of since this is our first meeting, I was really curious how she would take to this development. She's 100 percent right that both women had a lot to process both internally and to each other in order to process their guilt and confront those past behaviors. That she's actually cheering these two on now really makes me feel great about how I've written them to this point!

My deepest sympathies for you not sharing our happy fetish here on this site. Being tied to your wife's fingers while she fingers how to use those fingers must be a terrible thing to imagine for you, and my heart aches for you! I mean that with the same degree of seriousness as the rest of this very serious and in no way jocose (hey, I learned a new word today!) response to your review of your wife's review. You're so unlucky to be so lucky!

I'm thrilled that she enjoyed the exhibitionist sex scene so much, though! Yeah, it would have neat if Callie would have shared Duncan with Ada, now wouldn't it? Hmm if only someone would have had that idea in the first place ...

Oh well, I suppose Callie is allowed to be selfish once in a while. And Ada certainly didn't not enjoy the show herself!

That Natasha twist landing with your wife at the end of the chapter makes me happy as well! It was a short segment, but it sounds like it did its job!

And keep writin' I shall! It's quite motivating to here that she read the chapter in one go. I tend to put a lot of words between those exciting chapter titles, not unlike another certain writer that I apparently don't know!

Please tell your wife, as always for the first time, that I really appreciate her taking the time to share her thoughts on this story with me!

The Oregon Trail, you say? Sounds hot! I think I might just have to see if my close personal friend Google has any dysentery porn on them.

Side note: Do NOT Google dysentery porn! The search results are absolute shit!

You're such a dork. Merry retroactive Christmas!

Oh fuck! you got me! Still, I'm always glad to hear your thoughts, so I actually like that you didn't "skip ahead" and go right into reviewing the new chapter (although I'm eager to see what you think about that one as well).

I'm so glad to hear that you appreciated the foot stuff here despite not having a foot fetish. Would you believe that I don't, either? This whole fetish mini-arc came to being from a simple decision I made back in chapter two. I don't know if you'll remember this, but there was a scene in which a distracted Callie almost steps on Duncan, and he falls on her foot, tastes her sweat, and gets hard. I was initially going to have him fall the other way and just land on the floor but decided that this was an opportunity to have a little more physical interaction between them before a long, emotional scene that followed. From there, I decided that, if that made him hard, I may as well give the guy a foot fetish and play around with it. That led to a lot of fun scenes that I didn't initially have in mind when I started the story, and I really got into writing them. So I'm always so happy to here when one of these scenes land (especially this one, as it's the culmination of the mini-arc), as I'm always wondering if I'm hitting the right things that foot fetishists like (although I guess you can't help me with that one!).

Also, I always enjoy seeing someone use the word "payoff" involving something I write. I'm almost always either trying to set something up for later or trying to pay off something that I've already set up. It's nice when people feel that one of these things is more satisfying because of that.

I'm also glad that you mentioned the effort to find practical ways for Duncan to be under Callie's foot. There was actually plenty of discussion on that front, as my editor, breastclimber, feels very strongly that these scenes usually aren't practical at all in these stories. So he, along with his wife, breastclimbee, actually did the hot dog test mentioned in the chapter for real with the same result, which is what led to Callie rigging her sandals for Duncan instead.

I also agree with you on both the fact that Callie and Duncan accepting each other's fetishes is cute and especially that a giantess having a tiny on her person while just going about her day is ridiculously hot!

As for Callie revealing her boyfriend, she kind of did so by accident, slipping up and mentioning his name. Brooklyn was quickly able to figure things out from there. Sure, Callie could have denied it and made up a lie, but I don't see her as being a particularly good liar, and this was spur of the moment, which makes it even harder to be convincing with a lie. So she basically just caved and admitted it, unsure of what else to do.

No comment on whether or not Brooklyn will get to meet Duncan at some point.

I'm glad the "shorter than me" line seems to have been well received. I feel like I was toeing the line between funny and corny with that one (then again, Callie can be a little corny at times, so maybe that's part of why it worked?).

You liking characters expressing their feelings helps explain why you like this story so much! There's obviously a ton of that here. I like that you're torn between Kristie's backstory and Callie's struggle with wanting to be dominant with Duncan. That means both struck a chord with you.

And yeah, Callie respects Duncan and vice versa, so they're going to talk to each other about important things. It doesn't always happen right away (I mean, did you read the first eight chapters?), but they always get there eventually. So Callie wasn't about to let things go too far without talking to Duncan and getting his feelings on things first. Duncan saying he was proud of her just came natural when writing the scene. While she saw herself as dominating and humiliating him and hating making him feel that way, all he saw was the quiet, unconfident girl he fell in love with learning how to be assertive and taking what she wants. Who wouldn't be proud of that?

Once Callie realized how Duncan was actually feeling about all this, it was easy to really get into her desires and start exploring.

I wish I could say you were wrong about Kristie's backstory being realistic, but I can't. There are people who go through shit like that, and it breaks my heart. I'm so happy to see that this resonated with you, though. And you're right that knowing this about Kristie makes Monica's actions back in chapter seven look a lot worse (she pretty much said the same thing in chapter nine, when she saw the information that led to this conversation and we hadn't yet). But I love that you thought Monica comforting her was cute, even if weirdly so. I know Monica hasn't always been your favorite character, so I don't take this comment lightly.

After reading your thoughts on this Monica and Kristie exchange, now I'm even more curious to see how you took the one in chapter 11 (although you saying I handled it really well seems like a good sign!).

As always, thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Half as long as one of mine? Come on. I mean, I'm sure I wrote at least a couple reviews that were this short!

I don't know if you've ever gotten into an argument with someone over how a theme song goes before, but I've actually done this several times. And I'm undefeated in these arguments (as far as you know). I thought the tapping system and the argument was a nice way to freshen up a classic fetish scenario. It was meant to be a way to show off Callie's dominant side in a way that still fit who she is as a character. What better way to bring that out of her than a petty fight with her tiny boyfriend?

I'm so glad you referred to Callie enjoying Duncan's fetish as a process! I didn't want this to be something they shared outright, nor did I want it to be some switch she flipped and was suddenly as into it as he was. I wanted her to do it because it made him happy and she wanted him to know that she wasn't judging him, but then come to realize that, hey, this is fucking fantastic! Peek relationship goals indeed!

It's awesome that you loved that Brooklyn and Callie scene so much! I was afraid that seeing things from Callie's perspective (and therefore having to miss out on the description from Duncan's perspective of being under her toes while Callie walked) would limit how erotic people found the segment. I love that Callie's reaction to Duncan's "machinations" was so enthralling for you! And yeah, I figured that someone had to notice Callie's altered sandals, and Brooklyn multiple times before that she knew some dude was in Callie's head, so it only made sense to me that she would assume Callie did that for him (I mean, she misunderstood why she did it for him, but still!).

The hotdog test was a real thing, as my editor (breastclimber) was really insistent that tinies under toes are implausible and that they would squish within the first step. Once he was proven right, I knew Callie would figure something else out, and what do you know: She did! Very innovative, that one.

It's very rewarding for me that you noticed the Dunky/Duncan stuff. I didn't want to overdue using Dunky (how often do you actually call somebody you know by their name or nickname, anyway), but I found a couple of times in the narrative that I thought were cute, which you noticed! I also love the idea of her shifting back to Duncan when she's annoyed or pissed (or pretending to be upset or pissed). 

You used another word a really liked in this review when you talked about how Kristie's backstory "recontextualizes" past scenes. That's exactly what I wanted here! She may have seemed like just a hateful, two-dimensional bitch before, but it turns out there are reasons why she is the way she is. As for whether you're wrong for thinking this makes what she did to Duncan even worse, I don't think there's a wrong way to feel about that. You actually make a great point for both sides of the argument, noting that her past means she should understand what she did to Duncan better than most and that being a victim of sexual abuse could have numbed her to what she was doing to him. We'll be delving deeper down this road next chapter (I actually just finished the segment; it was 4,000 fucking words on its own!).

Thanks for the compliment about making such an unlikable character sympathetic. And yeah, Stillwell is definitely the most unlikable character I've written so far. You think he makes your skin crawl, try getting inside his head to write him some time. It's fucking gross in there!

Believe me, the irony of such a sweet, kind person asking if she's mean wasn't lost on me when I wrote it. It's all about standards, though. While Callie being a little more playful and controlling with Duncan at very limited times might not seem like much, it was a lot to her. She's not the type of person to go, "Well, Sally Sue from 'Sally Sue Swallows Seattle' is way meaner than me, so it's fine.

More importantly, though, she's been questioning her desire to dominate Duncan since way back in chapter two. Those feelings are just now starting to actualize because they're now a couple and things like pushing him over with a finger and rubbing his chest can be played off a just being sexy without admitting that she enjoyed having the power to do that. And she just knew that Duncan wouldn't call her out on it, that he'd just keep on taking it because he loves her that much. She never counted on him being into it, too, as she was too concerned with feeling guilty to notice.

Duncan has known about Callie's confidence pretty much from the start, and he hated how she never felt comfortable coming out of her shell. So instead of being concerned (even with his history with giantesses before meeting her) he was honored that she trusted him that much and was comfortable enough around him to really let her hair down. I'm thrilled that you found him telling her that he was proud of her and trusted her to be powerful. There was no way she was going to hold back after that!

I'm also 100 percent with you on casual actions being ridiculously hot! That might be my favorite aspect of this fetish (and I like a lot of things about it)! Duncan's a smart dude to realize this too!

I've also noticed that a lot of these stories focus on tiny dudes being into giantesses but never pointing out why the big is into the tiny. Relationships are a two-way street, and I like to take the time to remind everybody how into Duncan Callie really is. As fortunate as he is to be with her, she feels fortunate to be with him. She also finds him to be hot as fuck!

I appreciate you saying that about that body exploration scene. Like with the sock scene, I tried to find little ways to differentiate it from other body exploration scenes I've read. Her holding him between her toes and bobbing her foot over her knee was another one of those casual things that drives me crazy (in a good way)! I thought getting the "extended" view of the landscape before embarking on his journey was a nice way to set it up. Her pretending not to care about what he was doing but not being able to actually do it was so fun! She loves him moving all over her body and doing little things to tease him and make his trek harder, so she can't resist "peeking" (read gawking) constantly. Going back to her being into him, I really enjoyed the way she stopped and stared as he took his shirt off atop her knee and threw it over the side.

And yeah, changing the plan for things like him kissing his way up her torso was something I really enjoyed, too. It's funny, even though Callie not only has all the power in that situation but also flat out permission to use it as she sees fit (knowing that Duncan will be into it), he's still in control at that point. Without even trying. She so wet for her and loves him so much that it even surpasses those diffident domme urges she has!

That played itself out on her nipple, too. The façade of her dominating him faded away by that point and she practically begged him to play with her nipple when she could have ordered him to do so or even just pushed him into it and mushed him around on it. No matter how into their game she gets, she can't keep it up when she's truly ready for him.

Wait, there was plot somewhere? How'd that shit get in there? Yeah, it wasn't much, but now we know that whoever did this isn't just a someone, but someones. And when Arnold says organized group, he's not talking about a bowling league; there's something more going on here. What? I don't know. Well, actually I do, but I'm not going to tell you!

Thank you once again for your very kind words about this chapter and story and for continuing to follow it!