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Amethyst, is there more to this fic? It was getting really interesting and then just dropped off... I'd love to see more from the author!

As far as I know that is the ending.

Very interesting- a background for Princess! LB and I must've been thinking alike! I agree with TJ...I'd like to know more!

I like the ambiguous ending, but then again I like non-endings. However, I'd really like to see the author turn this into a full series and see the backgrounds for the other team members.

Very interesting story. An unexpected background for Princess. I wouldn't want to be the next goon she runs into.

Sorry, I'd have thought Anderson might have let her celebrate her birthday first, before dropping such a bombshell, otherwise a great story on her history.

Oh wow... So Princess' father killed his wife as part of recruitment initiation by Spectra but also thinks he killed his daughter too... Did he plan to kill his wife and daughter both, or was he only planning to kill his wife but somehow ended up believing they both died? Did Chief Anderson, seeing an opportunity to adopt a likely (ie. believed by the world to be dead, therefore "off the grid") orphan for the nascent G-Force program, put out the word that Princess had been in the car too when it exploded? There's a chance he's not with the Spectrans anymore, but his "green sleeve" seems to suggest he still is. Would it have gone differently, over the years, if he knew his daughter had lived? There's even a chance, I suppose, that Anderson doesn't have the full story on what happened and the truth is even more twisted than it seems. At any rate, Keyop should rethink his sadness about not having parents -you don't always get ones that are "beautiful, smart, in love with each other and glad they had a child"! Thank you!! So much angsty and sinister food for thought here. I'd loved to see this continued sometime, and learn more about Princess' father, especially if she were to encounter him somehow during a mission!

I enjoyed reading this story, and fully understand where the author wished to take us with the ambiguous ending, but will gladly and really like to see where this "beginning" of the story could take us! As many mentioned, there are so many possibilities for numerous follow-ups and even for other, past backgrounds! Interesting to see that this year we had two lovely backgrounds for Jun/Princess, both having their own story! ... one having her mother responsible for her father's death, and one having her father responsible for her mother's! And, where Nambu has hesitated to tell Jun the truth, together with a finally, coherent Ken, in this one we see an unhesitant Anderson who dropped such a bombshell on poor Princess! ... so many different attitudes humans can have in front of similar circumstances! ... again, I'm loving this "Gift Exchange" with all that it's bringing!

Lots of stuff to future fics here! That "green sleeve" was definitely a hint! I hope the writer gives us more on this!

I agree, it's an very interesting story, and I was disappointed to see it end soo soon... to ne, when it was just beginning! And Marie, your'e right. It's interesting that we had two Swan origin stories... both so different, yet so plausible!