In Which We Get On A Train

[rix_scaedu]

This follows on from Sentencing and Ripples, and it takes up 3,271 words.

The post office contained no surprises for me although it was, of course, quite busy with people collecting parcels and mailing off last minute greeting cards for the New Year holiday. There were a wad of business envelopes for Master Que and two envelopes addressed to me

Comments

[aldersprig]

Oooh!

I keep waiting for her father's nefarious (meddling) plans to show up.

[kelkyag]

Likewise! Maybe even soon. I trust we'll see her family again before the end of the book. :)

[rix_scaedu]

_I_ have plans... :)

[rix_scaedu]

I have plans....

[jeriendhal]

Master Que wins again... :)

[rix_scaedu]

Yes. :)

[kelkyag]

That's a lot of intriguing new characters! I suspect we won't see most of them again until the sequel, though, if at all. I do hope Lady Wen Cho's story is resolved in this one, though. :)

I had to do a double-take back in the first paragraph, at "entitled to wear my championship belt in perpetuity". That may mean something much broader in a world with reincarnations (and a society that recognizes them).

[rix_scaedu]

They did but they also used her personal name and that changes with each reincarnation, if you reincarnate.

[kelkyag]

That's a fascinating distinction. I think most of it is beyond the scope of this book, but I'm very curious about what sorts of adaptations the culture has around the immortals, beyond the ones it stuffs back into their expected jobs when they show back up. :) Are there immortals who don't have well-known titles, and fly below the radar all the time?

[tuftears]

Madam Siew made me giggle. :)

Interesting bit of Nai-book-comparison, obviously she didn't put all her points into fighting and fight-related stats.

[rix_scaedu]

She did do very well in her final exams, remember. :)

[sauergeek]

I see I have been remiss in my commenting. No matter!

Madam Siew seems like an interesting character. I am somehow envisioning her as the lead character of a detective noir series, playing a part akin to Miss Marple or Jessica Fletcher, but from her office (please tell me she has an office!) at the Pleasure Pit. Maybe with a bit of MacGyver thrown in, for the gadgetry, but with various implements from the Pleasure Pit. (You're going to use that ball gag for *what*?!)

reading matter with no redeeming features at all

Hm. I think I have not been doing enough of this sort of reading lately. Maybe a project for this weekend...

Eight-hundred year old murders may be a fine subject for conversation on the train. Or perhaps Nai will invoke Madam Siew for a consult?

Yay more Nai!

[rix_scaedu]

Madam Siew is an astute business woman and good judge of character - it helps in her line of work?

The thing with dissecting eight hundred year old murders is that no-one is going to get offended and cry 'slander and libel!' about your conclusions. :) Much safer than, say, current local politics.