Apparently I should have just waited a few hours to review haha, anyways I can't wait to see how Hinba reacts on getting Tom back, good work, looking forward to the next part.

Dang it crow, your release schedule means that I'm going to have to look like I'm spamming.

You have a knack for plot progression, revealing surprises that we should have known all along from details revealed in earlier chapters. Himba and Tom's relationship developed exactly the way it should have. I believe there was really only one way it could have gone, and you drove the path with frightening precision. The turning point with Himba going unconscious and Tom rescuing her, I think was the best transition it could have been.

There's a lot of interesting details with this world, including the worldstone, worldtree, monsters and humans and such. I don't believe I have it all figured out, because I was kind of speed reading to get to the next plot progression, but I'm going to have to reread this at some point to get all the details. It would have been tragic if this was the true end for Darth Thomius the Wise, then we wouldn't have him to explore even more of this world.

There was a most profound detail at the end between the Worldtree and Worldstone, in that their relationship mirrored that of Himba and Tom. This would have been a nice tragic story, but with the epilogue, I actually feel the story became even more poignant, especially since you wrapped up some of the themes throughout the plot a bit more nicely.

I guess in War, we'll find out who captured Himba's villagers.