At first I thought you had the timing wrong, but it works that she survived coming out a tad before sunset, the building burned all night, and now she burns in the dawn. Lovely full closure for the story. Thanks for adding on, and I liked the artful tone to it. I hope everyone in on the series gets to read this.

Thanks, I tried to take little phrases and words everyone’s used so far and tie them all the together: the most obvious, of course, being Cally’s “nascent flames,” which still seems a hauntingly beautiful choice of words to me.

I didn’t get it… until I read the tags and the prequels. I’m slow.

But I’m very impressed. Great ficly.

Nice easy going flow to the story. It doesn’t try too hard and it succeeds for that reason. I enjoyed, “breathing in the smell of autumn trees” the most. I found it relatable and calming and lovely.