Well, that was... a hell of an ending to this roller-coaster ride. I had to take some time to fully process that. I knew from the various hints you dropped in this chapter and in previous chapters, that something quite ominous was going to occur, but I never saw the twist coming. "No One Escapes the Mathman" is indeed a fitting title for this grand story.

I really wanted to criticise how you kept having Amy not comment on the deaths of her parents but held back figuring it was trauma. Now everything makes a very disturbing amount of sense. I like how you used James Aiken's alcoholism and other attributes to perfectly cover for "his" oddities during his appearance at the graduation.

I didn't realise until a latter read-through that the note about Kevin being a good Scout was in reference to him passing on everything that Foster and others had told him to "Amy" during their conversations. Just diabolical.

Once again, masterful work using the colour pink multiple times to build tension and to function as a sort of barometer to where the plot is going. I admit I had chills up my spine when I read the "The cell was tinted almost blindingly pink" line. The entire paragraph about Kevin being disturbed by the jailhouse seemingly watching him was quite haunting too, especially with the added meaning it has in retrospect, knowing the Queen in Pink was indeed in there watching him.

The tidbits regarding Martha Sherman were quite grotesque (I admit I had to look it up, hoping in vain it was a made up story) but I appreciate your little history lesson as always.

Nice to see the recurring theme of acting powerful equating to being powerful get highlighted once again during the reveal of the Mothman being the Mathman.

It's amusing to see that James Aiken WAS in fact killed by a gun, just how Kevin had proposed the murder had happened. Makes sense if it happened somewhere where no one would have heard it, as opposed to inside of his own home. I guess it's still a bit of a potential issue how the Queen in Pink killed Amy and Mary. I'm guessing she either had better control of James' body than it seemed... or they were both caught off-guard because they thought they were safely amongst their dear family members?

Overall, an incredible mind-fuck of a conclusion to what has been a truly spectacular story! I felt so bad, both for Amy and for Kevin. The former is at least resting in peace, I can't imagine how Kevin will cope not only with the losses he has experienced, but with the mindfuck that the one solace that he had in all of this - the reunion with his childhood friend - was a completely farce concocted to manipulate him...

Seriously wonderous work. I genuinely adored this story from start to finish and I greatly look forward to reading more of your work when you have the time and energy to create it. Whether it is in the form of stories, Hartshorned exercises, bird information, shrines, or just about anything else you decide to create. You have repeatedly proven, most of all with this story, that you have one heck of a gift for writing.

Unintentional as it may be, the Mathman/Queen in Pink has consistently reminded me a lot of Majin Boo from the Dragon Ball Multiverse fan-manga -- this sort of playful and silly pink being that is nonetheless an unstoppable and unavoidable monster that can melt and change its shape and is secretly hiding everywhere, watching everyone, and manipulating everything that goes on around it without anyone being the wiser.

Didn't notice any spelling or grammar errors this time around. (: