Some moments in fairly quick succession that I hope speak for themselves. If E-Merl had both hands working and could huck full-sized fireballs, he might be a match for Hestia, but still not Hestia and Tamara both. One story note […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By the bye, the colors in this chapter are choice: not so monochrome that the individual characters don’t pop, but the blood-red theme does a lot to give this story its consistent, urgent atmosphere. That was mostly Jason, I think. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“But I talked with her for hours first. Just as I’m talking with you, now, for what’s already starting to FEEL LIKE hours. There’s a limit to my tolerance for even respectful dissent, is what I’m getting at here.” Blair […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Even in her weakened state, we couldn’t have Rachel go down too, too easily, even if that meant we had to treat her a little brutally. Blair is not merely devious; she’s the best tactical thinker in this chapter and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In an earlier version, Blair dove low as E-Merl approached, letting his circlet wash over her, but at Phil’s instigation, we revised her attack into this wounded-bird routine, an obvious improvement. Blair’s greatest power is her ability to lie convincingly, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
