Yeah, I worried that people would think I'd suddenly lost all touch with Xander's characterization! But I hoped that after reading the previous 60 thousand or so words of the Fragments 'verse, you'd all trust me enough to hang in for the couple paragraphs it took to reveal what was going on. *g*

I admit, I did think I'd inadvertently entered an alternate dimension, but I do trust you completely as a storyteller. I hope you'll carry on the Fragments 'verse one day. You'll always have readers, I think.