I think that might have been one of my favorite things about writing this one -- a lot of fic about Drace tends to call attention to the fact that she's The Girl, and I've certainly done that myself and I think it can work. But it was also nice to write one where she's just one of the Magisters, and nobody makes gender an issue at all. (and yeah, seriously. Like. the battle opens and there they are, all five of them striding toward your party in full regalia and HOW DO YOU NOT JUST DIE OF HOTNESS RIGHT THERE instead of fighting the battle?)