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For the two or three people who are left, this is just a heads up to let you know that after five weeks and 25+ writing sessions involving everything from MSN to Google chat to moves traded by e-mail, Silvio 4 is finally finished.  Silvio Berlusconi is going to take a well-earned rest, as is Ekaterina Cisne do Norte, and while Vlad and Dominique are busy with their scenes together, I'm going to put on my editor's hat and try to turn this very NC-17 part of our ongoing drama into a coherent whole.  You'll find me in Salon V following the picnic ....