Oh, yes, i get the threes, for sure. Magic number. Three gods, three goddesses, three pretty much everything, if you look hard enough. Three sides that make a tripod that make something so strong...

Shanshu was the 'real boy' thing for Angel but i think that works for Connor, too - maybe after that he can be more a real boy and less the bits and pieces of his several lives, whether 'real' or not.

Very cool. Read and commented on the unthreaded version, too.
Gah.
Still reeling.
:)