There's no such thing as a late comment! :) Always appreciated.

It was fun to write Sirius here, when he's grumpy but not completely frustrated with his situation (yet).

This series has kind of grown organically. Some parts I had planned from the start, and some have been added in as I've gone along. When it's all done I plan to re-edit the chapters in order to make sure the details are consistent and the story has an actual trajectory, but that phase of the project is still a while off yet. ;)