This story has really stuck with me since I first read it and I return to it often.
In fact, I have been thinking of writing a fanfic-of-a-fanfic coda to explore some of the potential implications of the story that I’ve been thinking about. Would that be ok with you? I would give attribution and link to your work. Please let me know— my email is atrabilous at gmail dot com, and I am also on Dreamwidth as Timemidae.