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The tower, the ledgers, and Claudio’s secret activities in the woods…?
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I don’t trust Claudio any further than I can throw him, and considering my arm hasn’t recovered its strength since I broke it last year, the distance I could throw him is pretty pitifully short. I suspect he has other reasons for throwing up his food - possession comes to mind. Either way, I mislike his glib ways and the way he plays the children - and possibly even Raaz.
(Btw, I really stumbled over “him and me” when reading it - “between us” is probably simplest, “your grandfather and I” could probably work as well. It just felt a bit jarring.)
I think Siobhan’s dreams are very concerning, and I’m worried about Miakoda. If she became a sapient Aberrant…she’d be just what Lacer is researching, but how horrific to be aware of your own destruction!
I feel like Siobhan might have made some false deductions about grandfather’s study. The space warping might well be wards keeping her away from portions of the room. I find my mind irresistibly drawn back to Gnorrish - admit you don’t know what you don’t know and keep an open mind. Still, it’s so important as a teenager to have answers for everything, and very easy to see the world in simple strokes.
It’s interesting. I think Siobhan is oddly unimaginative - she draws heavily on her experiences but doesn’t go far past them. The Siobhan we know as an adult has far more experiences to draw on and is thus much more imaginative, but still often boxed in by her experiences which bias her thinking.
As always, thank you for the chapter, Azalea! It was a fabulous birthday gift and gave me something to look forward to all day!
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Siobhan seems to be much more sensitive to magic than her future self. Almost like after her dream world passage.
Once you get used to the way magic works in this world, this seems really obvious. A little terrifying if the mirror was just there and Siobhan could wandered into it.
I fell like Raz and Claudio arranged for this trip to the workshop. He’d never had done that on his own if he thought Raz would fire him. What better way to keep her out? She gets to see the shop under controlled conditions, supervised, and she gets punished for it so that it doesn’t look like he approved.
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I wonder about that. Is she actually more sensitive, or is her grandfather’s magic just that much more powerful than anything she encounters in Lenore? Could her grandfather’s slight relaxation of his control over his Will be more powerful than Lacer’s full channeling capacity when intent upon violence?
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Her grandfather was much older than Lacer. I suspect he was much older than Siobhan thinks.
I suspect when he was very, very angry things got quite scary. I don’t think he’s as angry here as Lacer was in front of Damien, and I think he’s quite good at reining himself in.
That is a good point. The strongest wards she encountered so far in fLeonore are Liza’s wards.
I agree; which is why I think it was an act. If Raz wanted to hurt any of them, they’d be hurt before they were even aware of it.
Raz isn’t likely use a normal poison; mind control, blood magic, or something else on the other hand …
Also, who thinks he never cried for Maidoka?
Oh, I didn’t get that impression.
I feel like he was a hard man, not much given to sentimentality, but I do feel that he cared for his daughter and granddaughter, even if they were part of an experiment or study he was running.
People are rarely one thing. I can believe grandfather was morally grey - or entirely amoral - but could still feel familial love and show small kindnesses to those around him.
I can also believe that he was ferociously intelligent and his awareness of this was his downfall.
Or possibly his love for Siobhan. We’ll see. Something about Siobhan’s nightmares leads me to think that he might have poured so much power into protecting her that he left himself defenceless. I could be entirely off base there - after all, we’re getting this from her memories.
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The link at the end of the chapter was incorrect. This isn’t in the restricted section anymore so you should probably move the messages to avoid accidentally spoiling non-patrons.
Got it, moved it to the right spot