I do hope that it's not too disconcerting to try and reconcile the me you knew as a pretty naive person during our university days and reconcile that with the fic you now read. ;)
Not at all, my dear! In fact, I feel privileged to have known you then and now, and witnessed the metamorphosis, even if it is only in time-lapse rather than full-motion video. But to have some glimpses of what brought you to this point...

I'm impressed at your open-mindedness.
Not sure how to take this, but i'll assume it is a compliment. :) I hope it was not a comment on the person you saw me as way back when, ie, "Never would have expected open-mindedness from you!"

Sorry I have no het for you. ;)
You better not be! And i'd be disappointed if you really were. I'm surrounded by het in my RL, why would I want it in my fantasy fic, too? Boring! ;)

b