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Thank you Secret Santa. You have fulfilled your briefing to the letter, and not in any way I'd imagined when I thought up the prompt either. I can easily believe that the ISO threatening to take over what amounts to Nambu's life's work would make him angry, I think anyone in that position would feel the same. I love it. Well done, and thanks again.

Great story! The ISO is behaving like all bureaucracies around the world, and Dr. Nambu is right to not give in to them. I d love to read also about his conversations when he calls the members of the team

That's pretty much the way I had always thought that conversation would have taken place. Nambu has no idea how apropos his prayer will turn out to be.

Yup, that's pretty much spot-on for any governing body! Thankfully, we all know that everything doesn't go belly-up, in spite of the bureaucrats' best efforts! A very well-written piece.

I really really wish I could guess who wrote this one for me, but it has me totally stumped!! I'm gonna say Becky, although I really don't know why.

What a great view into the time just before the team got reactivated. I can totally see Nambu going through all those emotions and settling on the only decision he could make under the circumstances. I think either Daniella or Becky wrote this one.

Not me, although I'd love to take credit for it.

I was also going to guess Becky for this one. Perhaps Mylari?

KATBLU!! Sorry,you really wasn't on my radar for this, and for that I sincerely apologise! Thank you for an excellent fic though, I was certainly not disappointed.

No problem KT! I'm very glad you enjoyed it. I loved your prompt, although I found it quite a challenging one. I toyed with a few ideas before I focused on this one. You nearly ended up with a Nambu vs Red Impulse story, but it refused to flesh itself out sufficiently! One of your alternate prompts may also have sparked something . . . As for guessing - I proved this year that I am hopeless. I am truly flattered by the talented authors whose work mine was mistaken for!

Just a note on the title, "Krakatoa". I decided on the name very late in the piece - a day before the deadline. Then, just before gifts were posted Krakatoa (or maybe Son of Krakatoa) erupted, causing a killer tsunami in Indonesia. I suddenly felt really bad.

Yeah, it was the baby, or son of Krakatoa. From what I read, about 2/3 of it collapsed into the sea and that's what caused the tsunami.