Thanks for the feedback, Showeda. 

I really liked the shape shifting in mid-air. 

I don’t think the sniper would have noticed the fingers, he got up there that way so he did not need to concentrate on the view of his exit, his attention would be engaged in other areas.

Anyway, thanks for the comments today.

In terms of the conduit, I’m thinking of the metal standard on the side of the building to which an overhead power line or telephone line comes in.  In my experience, it’s about 2.5 inches in diameter, generally galvanized steel, attached directly to the wall with a couple of u-bolts, and extending three or four feet above.  So, he would have been able to drop entirely below the top of the wall — no fingers showing. 

In any event, you are the person to judge whether or not I wrote it well, but I’ve actually done everything up to the tackle.  Seven feet is actually a pretty easy catch.  The time I did it, it was closer to ten, and I had to use some ledges in the brickwork to climb high enough to grab the bottom of the conduit.  Things got a lot easier after that.  A wide pipe is surprisingly easy to hold onto.  I’m not entirely sure the tackle would work, though.  You’d have to hold on to the pipe while pushing off with your legs, in order to direct your momentum upwards (and not out).  It would also take a while.  You’d have to hold even longer to direct your momentum inwards again, in order for the tackle to take the guy backwards onto the roof.  So, not sure the physics actually work in that part.  But, hey, never let the facts get in the way of a good tackle, right? 

In terms of the shapeshifting, I didn’t want it to take long or be all that angsty painful stuff you get in movies.  Tiergan’s got enough to angst about.  ;-)  And I’m quite a bit less concerned with the physics of something impossible.  So, let’s just say it takes about a second. 

Again, thanks for the detailed feedback.

1. He does a flying leap through the air to grab (in my mind) a fairly thin conduit . . . I’m picturing maybe an inch outside diameter, no more than 2. He hauls himself up to the roof, then . . . 
   —holds himself there comfortably for a while, pondering stuff
   —ducks down below it, out of sight—I’m presuming his fingertips wouldn’t be visible over the top of the roof
   —before the other guy can say “crap . . . I’ma stomp your fingers and watch you fall” Tiergan’s vaulted clean onto the roof and grabbed him around the waist. I’ll give some leeway for the guy being totally off-guard, and Tiergan may just be crazy athletic . . . but it still seems a stretch to me.

Other than that, action-wise . . . well, getting your teeth really into someone’s trachea is probably pretty tough, but I’m willing to allow it—he’s half-animal, and thinks of “go for the throat” more than a human would. Nothing else is particularly shark-jumpy. We’re learning more about the whole werewolf-change thing, but there were no big revelations here. OK, maybe the ‘change in midair’ was a bit much . . . is the change sort of a morphing? A quick blink? There was plenty of action, sure, but a large-scale mix of action and calmer bits is good. I did notice that Tara is only shot in his head and I enjoy the way his fears are controlling his consciousness right now.

Oh, and I’ll point out that I have crap-all for qualifications as a writer, and this is just what I noticed. No malice intended, even when I’m blunt. Take it or leave it

As to the schedule, I’d rather actually make my schedule on a regular basis and maybe post an extra installment from time to time than be constantly apologizing for not getting to it.  Additionally, the first draft of this installment . . . sucked.  I’m glad I was able to sleep on it instead of rushing to post it.

BTW Sarah — Tiergan doesn’t actually know who got shot.  He’s assuming the worst, but it may not be the case. 

At first I was thinking, “He did NOT just puke into that guy’s neck!!!” but you kept it from just being a gratuitous gross moment by being in Tiergan’s head and showing how the whole episode affects him emotionally and mentally as well as the physical.

Oh, and Tara.