Wow very cool story! I hope U continue this one, I love the politics, not to mention Rush as a Duke. Also, will Cri de Coeur be a different story or a sequel to Scattering Sand?

OMG! Love this story already! Sqee! Crossdressing!Rush is always fun. Its funny that Young recognizes him... or did he already know it was going to be Rush? If he figured it out, I'm sure Dave is going to be suspicious of Girl!Rush.
Huh, it seems like your hinting at a past history here between Rush and the others... I'm really curious about where its going to go and how the Sykes are going to fit into it... and Rush's remnant self. Is this only going to be in two parts? I hope not, since there is so much of what you did there. And there, and there, and there, and there.
*smiles back* I love subtext, but only so long as it becomes overttext later so we can properly enjoy what you hinted at.
The Indian influence is intresting. I never pegged Balterossa as Indian, I figured it would be some kind of Arabian Nights place. Are we going to see anything from David's perspective?

This is great! I feel so bad for Rush but then again I don't...I was laughing so hard at the end there just because I felt bad for him yay! Anyway update again soon I have to know what happens!

please continue!

I wish I can enjoy this fic more because your narration is lovely. I love reading the scenes you pictured - you know, the whole process of turning Rush into a lady, but you know my small pet peeve.. so yah. :/ And since 80% of this fic is about that, story-wise I don't think I can comment on anything else. I'm still curious as to how you're going to put the 2nd part, though. X)

And now here goes the annoying part of critics.. ah! ;A;

About characterizations.. I find it a bit strange that you chose to put Hinnah in charge of Rush. I mean, Hannah's definitely fits more to the role, being the sweeter / kinder of the two and all.. but then again you already mentioned the small back story of another person from their past so it's kind of alright? But personally, I still find it odd. That and seeing Hinnah's comments not littering with curses. Haha. Not going to comment on Young though. He's that kind of character. :/ though 'sweet pea'? /dies

Btw, question! You said this happened during the 6 months period, which means following canon, but we wouldn't be able to recruit / befriend / get to know / you know those things The Seven before near end. I'm asking this because following the timeline, Rush cs would have to go against them in near future so wouldn't it be kind of odd since they already seemed to be getting along just fine?

Phew that's all. Umm.. what's Usaim? I'm not familiar with the things you mentioned, actually. *w* And awww so your Rush have smooth hands! Mine's the other way around XD

Uhm and few typos I noticed;
- Baluuk
- Granda Tarub
- toleratesforeigners

Lastly, sorry for the late review yeaa.. ;_;

Gah! O_o (Goes swirly eyed) I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE! _ I feel like I was reading two stories at once! The clothing... longhaired... BROTHER! (Melts into a pile of gooey TLR fannishness at the awesomeness and implied backstory.) :D Oh the implications! And really, Usaim as we-know-who? I guess it makes sense as having dealings/family with what sounds like an illeagal black market weapons dealer wouldn't be good for his reputation...
I can just imagine Dave's face if he ever found out Caellach was Rush's brother, heck Caellach would eviscerate David if he ever did anything to hurt Rush, lol.
I NEED PART TWO!
Oh yeah, I've finally got past that block for UE 14! The chap is rolling smoothly once more and at 5K words nearly ready for posting. :D

Whoa, so long yet so good. You're definitely a good writer. God, if only I had your knowledge of grammar and words... But this is a masterpiece!