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Right. So, third of the way through. No thing's happened yet. Triscuit is still being kept in the dark because there are somethings he Just Can't Know. Even if it would be extremely helpful for him to know. I'm kind of reminded of Lyra in His Dark Materials (which I'm reading right now) in that she has to be kept in the dark about her being the "One". But they do it so that she can make her own choices. For better or for worse. And she's not the type that just sits around whining about things, instead she goes out and actively does them. It's not important for her to know about being the Chosen one or not; she does these things because she wants answers. Triscuit doesn't get answers and he cries. A single tear. I have more confidence in the kid.

Kluge is getting turned on by She. Minions (That is such a stupid name for a race you've created) apparently have a hot spot at the top of their wings. She is replaced by a naked Sushi who watches "his sexual excitement come to fruition".

I'm not really sure what exactly that means.

I'm not really sure I want to know.

I have ideas, but I'd rather not think about them.

One of them involves little apple trees.

Now that he's successfully sprouted. We turn to business, but not before learning that Kluge is in love with her and As You Know Bob (#6?) Sushi shouldn't be having sex with the minion because the only time a Minion should have sex is for reproductive purposes. It actually says that. And yet these Minions have human level intelligence and don't seem to have any enchantments on them at all for obedience. They seem to be happy though their only purpose in life is to fuck and fight... well, maybe that is a good life.

Massive infodump about Plans. Three and a half pages. As opposed to just showing us what they're doing as they're doing it. Sushi tells us. In annoying detail. I shan't bother to recount it. It's stupid.

Blah, lots of dead people (forty) mysterious thing that has to happen on the sea of Whispers. Random babbling filling pages. Kluge angsts about not being able to be loved by Sushi. It gets foggy. It's magical fog. That has body. It uses body defying shampoo. The fog turns into arms and lifts the ship up. There are faces in the water, kinda like in the Lord of the Rings with the Dead Marshes. They are"The Eaters of the Dead!" Wasn't that in Ender's Game? Blah. They dump bodies over board and get free passage and don't die horribly.

Meanwhile, we go back to Triscuit's daddy (who also rides a Stallion) and Earwig who are out for a ride. Daddy suddenly doesn't trust his secure meeting room... for some reason so they're out in the middle of the open where they can get attacked. In an entirely pointless conversation Daddy says he's worried even though he's read the report that the Coven probably dead and even if they weren't they wouldn't have been able to make it back. MmmHhhmmm He wants to move the abdication ceremony some safe. But while Earwig and the others agree with this idea apparently they would need to move the entire Royal Guard. Why do they need the entire Royal guard? So that way they can't leave the palace and the Evil Women can attack as planned.

And now I'm falling asleep.

G'night.