Thank you so much! Yeah, the Dru-parallels think was not intentional at first, but it ended up being too obvious to ignore, so I ran with it the teeniest bit. They're not two characters I would think of comparing, so it was kind of fun.

Her patrolling and musing feels like a waking dreamscape of Buffy's harsh life. Yay! That's exactly what I was going for, so I'm so glad to know that you felt the dreaminess of it.

Thank you so much! And thanks for taking the time to read it before voting; that's so dedicated of you!