Quote:Which is why I'm putting off that scene for as long as I can.
Doug's going to know the Blue Water ain't just a shiny rock the first time he looks at it with magesight, isn't he? There's "glow" and then there's "blinding blaze".
(Although it's probably going to be after they leave Red Noah and Nadia's gotten all angsty again. She'll make that speech about how she can become a god or a devil with the Blue Water, Doug'll overhear her, and take a look. Depending on how Doug's feeling about Nadia at the time, he may mention how he's killed a god in the past...)
Quote:There is that...
But your speculation on the engine may be wrong, as the engines kept going even after the Blue Waters deactivated...
Quote:As I mentioned earlier, I was considering skipping the whole coast-of-Africa bit... but if you've got some ideas, I may change my mind.
The only characters that I, personally, disliked more was Gonzales and his bimbos -- and boy do I have a couple or three ideas about what to do about them.
Quote:I got the impression that it wasn't the can of food itself that was important, but the fact that it was a gift from a friendly-yet-more-powerful neighbour. ("Oh,no! We lost their present to us! What if they take offence?")
And I really, really want to know what it was about that can of food that was so special... they certainly left that thread hanging.
Quote:That is so going into the 'fic...
"You're a count? Count this!" "Two! Ah-ha-ha-ha!" (Lather, rinse, repeat)
"Three! Ah-ha-ha-ha!"
"Doug."
"What is it, Hanson? Can't you see that I'm busy?"
"Well, ... you're making it hard to keep the Grattan stable."
"Oh. Sorry."
- Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012