Thank you very much. (I've recently consulted said beta list and sent off an e-mail, so hopefully I'll have a beta soon, and then someone can smack me upside the head when I'm all floating dialogue...)

I'm really glad you liked the 'evil universe story' bit. I think out of everything, that was my favourite part to write. Collaborative storytelling/humorous hypotheticals are one of the ways people talk/flirt/establish bonds, but you almost never see it in fiction for some reason...