This story was fun to write. I deliberately used canon speeches, whenever I could, and tried to shape the action around both canon events and canon words. I had a plan for the rest of season 2. Of course, this was the point at which it took a sharp veer to the left, way out of my control. *g*
Thank you for pointing out that passage. It does sum up quite a lot of how I see them. It was nice to be reminded of that.