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I stand by my earlier point about pacing problems. It’s been 250 pages and they only just got to Karthain and learned about sabetha. They haven’t even started the main scheme of the book yet. I didn’t mind the slower start in book 1 bc we didn’t know the characters or the world. But it’s starting to become a real drag and pattern in books 2 and 3

Yes, it's book three. No, I haven't read book two. No, this doesn't appear to be causing problems.

"... could make someone evapourate into smoke with a gesture." on the other hand, leaves me muttering about spelling, about the non-liquid nature of humans, and about the way that smoke isn't a vapour.
I think I'm overthinking it.