Status Updates From Karabos (The Timebound Duol...

I am suspicious of Kier’s evilness in really well-constructed ways. Like it feels like he may be being set up as a twist supporter of Rafe, but it’s being done subtly enough that I’m not confident about it. Which like is exactly the thin line that kind of twist has to tread.

There seems to be a disconnect between Winslet’s level of knowledge and what we’re told about her father. She hasn’t had any particularly remarkable insights about the nature of the beetles yet like might come from being outside of the broader system.

The descriptive language of the book continues to shine.

I am a little uncomfortable with how on the nose the Christianity analog is.

The descriptive prose here really pops. The mine feels alive in ways that I can both anchor in a real cave but also see the magic indwelling it.

*flail* SO GOOD. RTC

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