Thank you! Your comments are very flattering.
One question - "Because U will always be behind me"
I seriously laughed out load at that! How long have you had that explaination for Q's name? Its just PERFECT.
Oh, about nine years. That line, along with the rest of the discussion about the origin of the name "Q" (in a different form), originally came from a failed submission I wrote for Strange New Worlds II in June 1998. (That was the fastest story I ever wrote. I came across the first SNW volume at the bookstore, learned there was a contest for the second, had an idea for a story before I got home, wrote it in an evening, and mailed it in less than 24 hours after I learned of the contest's existence. I wish I could always work that swiftly.)
Anyway, I've always wanted a chance to recycle that part of the story, and I finally got to.
