checking in...are you ok??? not mad just hoping all is well and if you need an ear...you got my email ady from all the times I reviewed you that way.

you've always been there for me and many of us... to listen, advise, help with fics

, and you would listen and help anyone even Jarod 😉😜..and every now and then maybe you

need someone too??? I love this story and will patiently wait . take care of you.

Right this isn't their fault and as long as they don't have children it shouldn't matter at all. You know what? You're the only author to do this [and plausibly] and the only one to delve into shifty G and his crimes. That was completely glossed over during the TV series. Parker basically accused him and he denied it and called it teenagers messing around and used her "twisting" of facts as ammunition to call her a liar about Raines too, but I believe her. Jarod does, too. He probably met Guissepe for that reason. I think it had little to do with Raines. Knowing a child by his works or whatever that bible verse was.... it was about Gusissepe I think now in hindsight and his crimes and hiding behind the church. It all makes sense now. No one ever wrote about it and I never thought about it. But you have. Maybe Jarod was trying to break the religious curse eve then. You really make me think. Please continue.

I love how you got the idea and developed it so slowly over these chapters, building and building. Brilliant. I can't wait to see what happens next.

You cleverly include providing details that make what can seem implausible plausible. First you remind readers of the basically in-lab incest. Jarod and his mother's semen and egg combined is medical incest, and you give a plausible, extremely possible scenario in which Raines' ideas are approved and funded, and I can't believe the US or Russia haven't already prepared to repopulate this way. I hope you don't give republicans any ideas ...they already brag about "grabbing women by the you know what" and defend child predators like Dennis hastert, to Moore, etc, and support Matt gaetz child sex trafficker and rapist Brett kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas. Nixo was in office in 1969..makes sense. I'm curious to to see how they Jarod and Miss Parker go forward from here, and if they can. Jarod makes a compelling argument in their favor. Eloquently written.

I was really shocked 😲😳 and thinking oh no they can't be together if it's true but then Jarod, dear dear dear Jarod, dropped some major truth nukes and I  agree with him. I actually agree that nothing should change, that love is all that matters and Parker knows it's true. She would have been long gone if the revelation changed her feelings. I think she needed Jarod to tell her it's ok to follow her heart and I love that. Oh, I want more so much right now. Thank you so much for this. 💖

This began so hopeful and ended so unhopefful. Cruel! Exquisitely written too. Even tragic is beautiful when it's well written. I crave more.

Yess! Some of us like our fruit extra forbidden dontcha know??!! This is a delicious chapter in a magnificent story!! Thank you for writing and sharing. More please?

Top notch, Mirage.

Oh yeah! You boldly go where no one has before. I love this. Some of us ship incest ships because the of the way series on tv played with incest and planted the thought in us. Your end notes were spot on. Lyle and Jarod should be siblings and should be together. But Jarod being Parker's bio dad is freaking awesome too. You kind of make me sick how well you write and how addictive you are. I need to be writing my own fics instead of reading yours over and over! Rah! Let them be bio father and daughter. Let them stay together. I love it.

You tackled another sensitive topic with class and compassion. I know someone who found out she was dating her bio dad, and it was hard and they moved away and stayed together so I appreciate how you highlighted the love they have for each other while also highlighting the complex emotional rollercoaster parker as a victim who won't accept she's a victim is riding right now. She did say she didn't expect to escape..and I think you worded it that way intentionally to show she's more inclined to accept that truth. They are victims and I love that you don't glorify incest but you show the impact and you also don't condemn incest. Compassionate writing voices are the best. And the religion aspects Jarod is musing on are spot on.

 Religion is crap. It also does seem plausible. You explained it so well that it seems real.Thank you for this.

Even when you try to "snap plausibility's neck" it still seems plausible. With the funding and the support and research it can be done. I don't think it's too offensive, not when the tv series played up incest. And fans like sibling incest, and related by blood is related by blood whether father and daughter or sibling, or cousin. It's all incest. I know you have to warn readers because some readers are so uptight and so easily offended, but I think anyone reading you knows by now that you're unpredictable and write dark content sometimes, and that you're unapologetic about it, and I love that about you. Tachy in the sheets. Yep, that's Jarod all right. This is delightful. You illustrate with words and have command of the characters. I kind of hope they are related this way and defy societal norms. They are victims. Thank you for this and thank you for being honest about religion. I was told I'd go to hell when I was really young and it stuck with me, gave me anxiety, depression and other issues. It was abuse. It still happens. It shouldn't happen. Everything you said needed to be said.

Ooh. Oh wow! Did not see that coming, Mirage. You didn't really strain plausibility or snap its neck (lol your way with words) the way you had Jarod explain everything. Puberty can be accelerated. It makes sense in the Pretender universe because Raines is always tinkering with things he shouldn't, and because Parker was using Centre samples, running tests inside the Centre. The results are only as accurate as the labels on the semen or blood.

It makes sense in this universe and the Pretender universe because governments will do bad shit to protect their interests and the military would jump on that. Jarod would have been like.. 6. But that puberty accelerating thing is legit. Kids today are even entering puberty younger and younger without any of Raines' tinkering. But you know what.. I love it anyway even if it couldn't be plausible. But it's fiction and it's the pretender... anything is possible in this fandom. I've never seen a story where Jarod might be Parker's father (luke, I am..) tho, all the points for originality go to you. I hope he can be her father.

The way you tie religion in with the Centre indoctrination is also incredibly amazing, and the sacrificing.. the way Parker was a little lamb being coerced to be part of a sexuality simulation, the girls mature faster nonsense like Jarod was thinking is all accurate. My mind right now contains so many thoughts. I love that Jarod is all jaw clenched anger because that kiss they shared was part of Parker's indoctrination.She  didn't kiss him because of attraction. She kissed him because she was feelling mature and proud because some stupid adult told her she was more mature. And the way it's used as a weapon.. yeah, that speaks to me.

Shifty G. I googled it and Parker did tell that priest they used to call him shifty G. You nailed all of it.

She did stop asking questions, you and Jarod are right about that too. Jarod had to escape the Centre and begin "tormenting" her until she began asking about her mother's death again. Jarod had to make Parker begin asking questions again. My mind. Blown. And they did both escape injury during that explosion, but everyone was hurt and Gar who wasn't even present lol was killed. I can see an industrial sized dumbwaiter built into the Centre's walls. I love it. You covered all of the bases. Oh, god, please let them really be father and daughter and stay together. If they don't procreate it won't even matter. They didn't know and they're already in love. Please.