Thank you so much! I dashed off this drabble in a hurry, but, of everything I've written, this is the one that has tugged at my mind. It was such a thrill to get up this morning and see that you had chosen this drabble to remix, and even more of a thrill to see what you had done with it. I love that you didn't give Dudley magic, or something else to really compensate, but let him find his own way forward, with something that, in canon, he really does enjoy! The subdued Dudley is not a happy creature, hemmed in by helplessness and durability charms, and I was relieved to see him slowly moving towards his own world - even better, he still had friends in that world, and showed a tiny (if not *quite* so evil) flash of manipulative, 37-birthday-presents Dudley at the end, steering his aunt past TV shops in London. And the ending was great - not so far from the Dudley who expects his whole life to be treats, and yet here I was pleased to see him reach out and grab something for his own.

Thank you, and thank you again! (and also for the photo of Sirius on the mantlepiece!)