I've read this through twice now and still don't know what to comment about. I loved the coffee and the feelings of homesickness. How quickly St. Louis became home in a way that not even the Weasley's could replicate.

Harry is so much more an adult here than in the actual book. He has a more hardened resolve now. I hated losing Dumbledore in the book and I will hate it again now. At least now, he has Anita and company.

Harry's use of his animagus will make him even more important to Richard's pack. He is more than one of them now. He has rejoiced in his new sense and accepted his beast as a power for good.

Good use of cliffhanger, too!