It would not be me if I didn't make it horrifying in some capacity. I had always wanted to write a HP fic and of course it would have horrific elements in it.
I'm glad you liked the dehumanization that she feels while being there as they do view muggles (and squibs as well) as lesser than...animals by any other name. It was very important to me (and your voice was definitely in my head) to characterize and humanize the others that were there in the cage with her.
I'm happy you liked my interpretation of Severus. I specifically picked this time of his life for this as he is on a precipice between good and evil. If he was too evil, he would have walked past her, but if he was too good, he would have tried freeing her. I wanted to make sure that he was the perfect balance in between to make this work.
It wouldn't be one of my characters if they weren't smart/resourceful. She knows the only way to get him on her side is to humanize herself. Little does she know that she was already halfway there in sharing his mother's name and his unrequited love interest's hair.
Even if I had forgotten about the Book 6 moment, "Severus, please." was still very important to me. He is literally her only hope and she has to pull everything out of her book to get him to help.
I'm so glad I got you on the Severus/Eileen ship (though it sounds weird in context as that's also his mom's name. Might need to give her a nickname in the future if I write another chapter.) I wanted their brief relationship to be important. Even if it wasn't romantic, I still wanted it to matter. And to think you wanted to kill her. As for if there will be a pre-canon love affair, you will have to wait and see...
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