Also? The image of Lian trained by Slade, Shiva, and Serum!Dick makes my brain melt. A lot.

Me too...and it did for Slade to...

Also? I don't know which one of you wrote Shiva - but I enjoyed this rendering very much. Lines like She inclined her head briefly, considering. "So she is worth a small portion of my honor at this point." felt very true to me - and made me want to see more of this Shiva, for she rocks.

*Sheepishly raises hand* Was me...had much harder time getting Slade to talk through this than Shiva.

Thank you muchly!