Nice job! I really enjoyed reading Lights and Lizards, it's a cool spin on how Raps and Pascal met. "Pascal's Story" is an episode on Tangled the Series, where Rapunzel saves his life. But here, she has to earn his trust little my little, which I really like. I inferred that Pascal intentionally led her to the window to witness the floating lanterns, which reminds me that in the film, he would urge her to leave the tower.
You reminded me of how Gothel would "tease" Rapunzel in a sing-song tone of voice...creepy biotch.
Once again, I had a lot of fun reading this one-shot, I hope you publish more. Thanks for sharing!

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Hey Stealthy! Late review is late...

First off, I love the narrative voice you strike. Very warm and human like. Little phrases such as "As young children are wont to do" lend a nice fairytale/storybook quality that fits very well with the setting.

After that, I really like how this is basically a story of Rapunzel's first movements outside the tower. Even if she doesn't physically leave, we get the sense that her connectiton to Pascal is basically the first steps towards bucking Gothel's control. As I said in one of my reviews for Avi, whenever you can match the physical action to a larger theme (as you do here with Rapunzel going through the window) you make the emotional conclusion way more accessible. That's the sort of thing that gives a story punch. So... good job there. You know what you're doing.

I will note that the story gets a tad bogged down in pronouns, especially towards the end where you have two "she"s in action. I know it's a pain rearranging sentences so they clearly point out which pronoun is who doing what, but it'll give you a little more clarity leading up to the climax and smooth out the landing. Just a tip for maximum impact, y'know?

Again though, good job with this one. A nice, light, enjoyable read with fantastic characterization. You get a gold shard.

Keep up the good work,
-CG

Hey stealth! I was looking forward to this one and you do not disappoint. Just the right amount of cute childhood fluff I needed.

I'll admit, I was kind of hoping for that moment at where they start spending time with each other, but this point works too. It's a good snapshot of a time before the movie showing Pascal, the lights, and Rapunzel's relationship with her mother: trusting but wary.

Thanks once more for the piece, Stealth, and I'm looking forward to your next work!

-Avi