I had the idea for this story long before I came up with The Heels of the Unknown. In fact, it was a consideration for Things Were Better Then, although never a very serious one, as I didn't want too many major fanon characters in that collection. I also considered releasing this as a standalone story before coming up with THOTU. However, I always thought this would be a one-shot. So yeah, that's all I can think of for this section. Now it's time to dissect the the longest one-shot I've ever written (so far)!