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Title: Just a Child 08 Aug 2009 4:39 am
Reviewer: AmazingGrace36 (Signed) [Report This]
    Another amazing chapter! I'm so happy I've found another decent story to read.

    Although I love what you've done so far, I fear your Harry will start to act younger than he is. I've seen this happen in a great deal of fanfiction, especialy that involving Snape. Of course, it's understandable since he's now dealing with cancer ontop of Sirius' death. But, still, I often find myself wanting to scream at him "Suck it up, Harry! You're 15, not 5!" I hope that your Harry won't melt into a big puddle of goo or ends up completely dependent on Severus.

    Still, I'm very excited to see how this unfolds!

    Author's Response:

    Thank you for reading. I know exactly how you feel when you've found another story to read. I swear I'm out of completed ones that hold my interest. Then again it's half my fault for how fast I read. I once read the "A Year Like No Other" series plus story updates, and over 100 pages for school in a week and a half! I figured it out to be more than a million and a half words which if you consider an average novel contains around 100,000 words, that's over 15 novels. Oops. LoL. 

    I understand your concern. That bugs me too. I'm going to try my best to not let that happen. In chapter six that I'm currently about 4/5's of the way through writing, I've already started to give Harry choices which should be one way to prevent that because at 15 he should have an input on what happens to him. He's old enough to understand. So, hopefully I'll stay out of that pitfall once Harry really accepts what's happening to him and if I don't warn me before I'm in too deep. =)

Title: Just a Child 07 Aug 2009 11:14 pm
Reviewer: Melissa (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Love it! Can't wait for more..
Title: Just a Child 07 Aug 2009 5:17 pm
Reviewer: SilverPhoenix (Signed) [Report This]
    Hmm, I wonder what it was the Severus signed? you should never sign something without looking at it first...Please update soon! I love your writing style. It's very believable.

    Author's Response: I don't know what he signed. :P Of course Severus knows that, but he's a little shaken at the moment so we'll forgive him this once. 
Title: Just a Child 07 Aug 2009 5:03 pm
Reviewer: Poirot (Signed) [Report This]
    Great chapter! Unfortunately, I have dealt with Leukemia in my family, and you did a great job of expressing the confusion and helplessness felt at the initial diagnosis.

    Author's Response: Thank you. I'm trying to write it as realistically as possible. It's one of my pet peeves with fanfic when an author gives their character a disease and then usually it's just a plot device to be cured five chapters later with a magic potion, they gloss over the treatment stage in a few chapters then it's suddenly all right again, or they don't do their research and even someone without a smidgeon of knowledge or experience with it can tell the author is way off. 
Title: Strange Occurrences 07 Aug 2009 5:01 pm
Reviewer: SilverPhoenix (Signed) [Report This]
    *gasp* Oh, how horrific!!! Well, now I'm even more intrigued. That's definitely a twist.
Title: 514 07 Aug 2009 4:55 pm
Reviewer: SilverPhoenix (Signed) [Report This]
    No, I haven't been sneaking ahead to look at the other reviews. :) I liked this chapter as well, so I'm definitely going to keep reading. I'm certainly intrigued...
Title: Just a Child 07 Aug 2009 3:13 pm
Reviewer: S.S (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Great story can't wait for the results

    Author's Response: They'll come in the next chapter. =)
Title: Floating Peacefulness 07 Aug 2009 7:34 am
Reviewer: SilverPhoenix (Signed) [Report This]
    Very good! I love it! Can't wait to read the rest.

    Author's Response: Thank you. I hope you're not peeking into the reviews before you read the rest or it'll ruin the surprise, but I'm totally guilty of that before I decide if I wish to read a story or not. Enjoy the rest. =) I'm sure you'll have more to say. 
Title: Just a Child 07 Aug 2009 7:22 am
Reviewer: Elfwyn (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Poor Harry...perhaps Dumbledore would like to trade places? Snape is cool. What is the meaning of the story's title?

    Author's Response: I was wondering when someone would ask. It means the die is cast in Latin. It's a well-known phrase that Caesar once said. 
Title: Just a Child 07 Aug 2009 7:17 am
Reviewer: hawkswench (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Poor kid, that test hurts like hell. Even with spinal blocks you can still feel it. I never understood why they just don't put the kids under to do the test.

    Author's Response: I thought about that option or conscious sedation, but as Harry already ate that day, it wouldn't have been a wise decision to put him out because of anasthesia's (ugh it won't spell check for me except to tell me it's wrong) possible side effects. And with conscious sedation that would mean starting an IV and I think Severus wanted to avoid that knowing Harry's aversion to needles if he could, and Severus has a distorted pain tolerance level that he's most likely unaware of. 

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