First of all, the title is just fabulous. It drew me right in.

Eloquent and smart, this story has that sustaining of quality throughout. The more the story spun on the more interested in its events I became. So original, and I love the way it captures the prompt, and doesn't just stop at the pickpocketing, but enriches the reason for it. And even though I like where the story stops and ends itself, I would have read on and on.