you made me stay up too late, and i was sleepy all day at work, and it was worth it. love love love this story. so much of what everyone else has said (metacrisis/ascension for the win), as well as really getting all the voices perfectly. loved the Doctor at the end, his run-on paragraph, perfect. loved Rodney knowing Zalenka didn't toss the machine even though Rodney had told him to do so. *happiness*