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Audio choice for today.

Audio choice for today: Sean Crisden narrating.

It's funny, other people seem surprised at how P, R, and K behave later in the book, but if you read the others (dozens of times like I have) the threads are there. P's constant interference, K's complete flip flopping cheating asshole behavior, and R's disregard for anything and anyone else but himself.
All the pieces were there. Mary's brought them together brilliantly.

I lunged at him, and he wrapped me up tight, so tight, his head down on my shoulder as he began to tremble.
A sense of relief swamped me, and even though I had no idea why, I felt safe.
Crane and Jin BFF!

“You keep me in line, do you?”
“I stand at your side and remind you of your humanity when sometimes circumstances make it difficult.”
“It sounds like you keep me from killing people,” I teased.
“Sometimes,” he agreed.
I was startled. “I’ve killed people?”
“Only when they deserved it,” he explained.

...he leaned close to me and waggled his eyebrows. “I’m kind of a big deal.”
I couldn’t help but smile at him; the man was so charming, and it was simply infectious. “Are you?”
“Oh yes,” he assured me, narrowing his eyes and nodding. “I’m Crane Adams, beset of the reah who’s also a nekhene cat. Once people know you, they know me.”

“You’re Jinnai—Jin, Rain, reah of the tribe of Mafdet.” “Rain?” “It’s spelled R-A-Y-N-E.” I squinted up at them. “The‘Jin’ is right. I mean… I knew it was something like that, but the Rayne? I don’t—that’s not.” “It is.” But it couldn’t be. It didn’t resonate inside like Jin did.

I love how since Jin is hearing these words for the first time everything is being phonetically spelled. It's great to learn I've actually been pronouncing things right. Ha!

No wonder I ran away.

Oooooooh

“Oh, you do,” she insisted. “You love your family, Jin Church. You very much do.”
I took a breath because that had sounded really good. “I go by Jin Church?”
“Yes. For a long time.”

Okay, I feel better now.