Eeee, thanks! I had so much fun writing Murtagh and Vanora's conversations; I think their personalities mesh really well as a mentor-student pair.

Vanora reacts to the changed the Riders undergo like a normal person should, luckily.

Oh yeah, she was never going to react to the elfification with anything other than horror. Note also that Murtagh doesn't like it either.

The way Eragon and Galbatorix treated Murtagh is portrayed a lot better than in canon.

I'm glad I got that to work! It took a bit of thought to figure out how Murtagh feels about everything.