Absolutely LOVED this story. You've nailed Tony's "internal dialogue" like no one else I've run across. THANK YOU for sharing with all us readers.

This is simply, simply, simply amazing. I want to write more, but it's 1am and I'm up with a newborn.

Made my night. Thank you.

I've read it again, because it blew my mind last time and I needed that thrill again. The thrill of reading really good prose, bordering on poetry. You have a gift, that's for sure!
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Thank you for filling in the blanks for episodes 6 24, 6 25 and especially 7 1. Expertly written.

All done! And wow, what a ride. That's the cool thing about fanfiction; even when you know an episode or character or whatever, writers can still surprise you and figure out new ways to tell a story or how to portray a character.
Well done, my friend.

You blow my mind with your writing! Seriously.

What a fantastic episode tag, of sorts. Your writing style is fascinating, and I quite enjoyed it.

Cheers,
Jimelda

This review is for the entire story. You explained unknown ideas of Truth or Consequences that I wondered about. 7-1 covers the final scene with excellence in the episode, but I would have liked to know when they came in, what Tony was actually thinking and why he went and sat down in his chair after shaking hands with only Ducky. Very good story and if had not seen this before, I would find it compelling for viewing.

Dude. This is amazing. I am totally in awe of the way you actually made the koala work and then brought back a reference that fit. Your Tony POV is excellent, his distraction, his grief, the numbness, his planning, his readiness to die, his belief that they MIGHT NOT, his belief in Gibbs...it's all powerfully conveyed. I love Abby going apeshit-ASL on all of them, love Tony asking Ducky to keep an eye on her. I love Tony going to Ducky for advice on sodium pentathol...and Jimmy being the one to know what to say. McGee's question of whether Tony thought Ziva would approve, and Tony's answer, are excellent. Tony's observations about Ziva, how she's not battered, his immediate understanding of why they would have brought her along everywhere...then his response when she tries to bargain for their lives...so good and heartbreaking. I love him asking Gibbs about the Harry Potter style teleportation and Gibbs just brushing it off. Thanks for mentioning the new super power, though. I like that Tony is so out of it on the plane, but that what you show he's learned is that sometimes others know better than you. This is just fantastic and I loved every bit of it.

Wish you would write about what happened after the applause. I too felt it was corny.

introspective overkill...bit tooooooo wordy and just plain confusing at times

"Occasionally he catches himself messing up the odd idiom, and he's never sure whether to smile or throw something just to hear it break."

Love, love the way you write...so many great visuals, great lines. You are simply an amazing storyteller.

This was a nice piece of writing. It is good to know what was going on in DiNozzo's brain. I too was not too keen on the applause in ToC. Finish this. I want to understand Tony's look.

I've spent the last two months discovering NCIS, watching from season one, and really, just as I think my insides can't take much more abuse, out comes the fanfic to go with it.

Gloriously, utterly shattering, beautiful writing, everything absoloutly spot on. There really aren't words.

Really loved this.