8FOLD: Mancers # 6, "Big Scary Brain"

[Drew Perron]

On 3/21/2019 3:12 PM, Tom Russell wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 10:11:28 PM UTC-4, Drew Perron wrote:
> 
>>>      Sarah tugs at the cuff of her sleeve, flashing her own mancer's
>>> mark. "Are you with the umbrella lady?"
>>
>> ...
>>
>> It took me this long to realize that the woman who *makes it rain* is opposite
>> the woman whose power is in an *umbrella*. Sheesh I'm dense sometimes. X3
> 
> I mean, in your defense, I didn't realize it until you pointed it out.

Sometimes your subconscious is brilliant and you get to reap the rewards! Heh, 
stupid subconscious, more like *schlub*-conscious

>>>   That she has to say yes to, because no
>>> matter how logical and brutal the calculus, she doesn't know if she
>>> can bring herself to kill someone who, by all appearances, is a good
>>> egg. And Maile wonders if she's killed other good eggs in the past,
>>> working for The Company, to keep them out of the hands of the circle,
>>> or if she willingly herded them in to be brainwashed. Ugh. This is why
>>> her PCs were always lawful good. Even her rogues. Especially her
>>> rogues.
>>
>> SO MUCH. <3
> 
> She is really rad and really fun to write.

I BET. :D
>>>      "It wasn't," says Sarah. "I mean, I didn't. That's one of mine,
>>> sure, but I didn't do it. But I felt it. Like someone else was
>>> borrowing it from me."
>>
>> ...Claire *what did you do*
> 
> We'll find out (much) later on in the series. For the time being though I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of #8, where Claire's motivations become somewhat less inscrutable. For that matter I'm looking forward to what you think of Daylighters, which also peels off another layer of the onion.

Yessssss :D :D :D

Drew "will read it soon, just been on a weird schedule" Perron