Thank you! I obviously spent a lot of time on Draco's character, and not as much time in Lucius's viewpoint- quite often, he just wasn't around during the most interesting aspects of the story, since he was lying in bed- but if he seemed strong anyway, then I accomplished what I wanted to do.

This story was a challenge. So much had to be the same- the dialogue, and the actions- that I started adding the thoughts to differentiate them, and then the thoughts took over and gave me a really introspective fic, and a slow-moving one compared to BBU. Glad you enjoyed it.