Hee! I'm so tickled that you're commeting on this as you read through. It's a real treat for me to get new reactions to this story. I have this real tendency to start stories with a single image or scene and just see where they go, and Spike smart-mouthing the witch was actually the kickoff inspiration for this one.

I also did a sort of commentary post after the end of this fic, where I explained a couple of the locations and other trivia that went into my image of William - you can find it here (http://thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com/91847.html).