The poor Squishy! ;_; This was quite a sad story... the man always seems to be getting beaten within an inch of his life, and now he's missing his little henchgirls :(...

I loved his conversation with The Captain. It was very bittersweet.

Awish chap :D

LOL smacking lil girls wit a crutch to knock 'em out cold and smiling ThAn shooin a kitty away wit da same crutch X]

Loved it! I love poetry so the quotes were all great, especially the Dylan Thomas one, and aw, he really does miss them. And the kitten was adorable. If you haven't seen it already, you should go read a story in this category called "All Cats are Grey in the Dark," by ladyFrost2. It's got Scarecrow whumpage and cute Scarecrow/kitty interaction. Oh, and I'm amused that he knocked the stupid kid out. She's not going to survive in Gotham if she keeps letting strangers in. I loved the dialogue interchange about the loyalty of cats and whether they come back if they're loved enough. So cute.

How cute is the kitten? love this story, can't wait for more..

E.

I will now re-enact my reactions throughout this fic for your amusement:

...I shouldn't have hurt him so badly. I'm going to hell for that.

SOB. Squishums! SQUISHUMS I MUST HUG YOU!

-lip tremble-

WAH.

-maniacal grin- That kid should get revenge when she's older, you know...

KITTY! -glomps the screen-

-more tears-

-even MORE tears-

I'm...I'm forever the narrator of Dickinson! -bursts into inconsolable sobs-

-tears, snot, tears, hiccup-

-hiccup hiccup-

-hiccup giggle-

-giggle-

-GIGGLE-

Final verdict: Aw.

That was very sad and sweet. I really liked how you wrote Crane's dialog for this. Any particular Plath poem he would've read?

“My Captain does not answer, her lips are pale and still,” Crane said tauntingly. The woman let out her breath in a sudden rush. “My daughter does not feel my arm, she has no pulse or will.” I just re-read that lovely poem today! How odd. Well, beautiful allusions and wonderful use of poetry in this one! _

Actually, I'm quite curious to know where Crane hides out after this... and whether or not that was really Captain (I'll bet it was!) and exactly what her, Al's, and Techie's response to this was. (I can guess what the reaction was: a chorus of "He loves us!" but I'd like to know for certian.) _

Like all of the others in the CAT series; very well done!

Aw! *melts from the cuteness* That was... so, adorably, unspeakably cute. Not cute, that's an ugly word... adorable. No, used that... Dang, I've run right smack out of adjectives to describe what your writing does to me. Well, I'm melting, is that a good explination? Hope so, 'cause that's what you're gonna get. Sorry.

Brilliant story. Utterly brilliant.