hey wow, thank you for the food! this gets so much of both of their personalities in a short and sexy piece - hamlet needing to show off, laertes feeling possessive but in such a loving way, and hamlet swallowing! and don't think i missed the layers of sadness wrapped up in "lest he be forgotten"! hamlet the play is about the narrative of kingship, after all, and hamlet the character is so constantly aware of the story he'll leave behind him. gosh, this is wonderful!