This...may be the best Tin Man 'fic ever.

Oohhh! I don't know why I never saw this fic before, but that is a very interesting scene.

I loved the casual reference to Jeb, and the accounting for how Cain might have survived an otherwise fatal encounter with Zero at the Northern Palace due to the curse.

I like that view. Not the one I picked, but it does work. Check out "What Memories Can Bring" for mine.