"I sure hope this doesn't awaken anything within me."
Reads pages 18 and 19
"Oh dear..."
Seriously though, I continue to be pleased with how cozy this story is. Can't wait for more.
• Disproportionate emotional responses? Check
• Hands out collective punishment for individual actions? Check
• Only considers self-interests while in a position of authority? Check
They're a real piece of work, huh.
I do feel like the implications of the contract, where they were clearly warned that it would end in tragedy, are kind of being glossed over.
Still, glad to see them getting along. Problems are better faced together.
I get that she's not an expert, so that all makes perfect sense. It is a little bit wild to me that people have reached land and not randomly gotten any foods with vitamin C in them. As the amount needed to deal with scurvy is really quite tiny. (Somewhere between 2.5 and 10 mg per day, even...
I have a feeling Claudette is going to have a hard time adjusting to suddenly having no magic, but I guess we'll see what the deal with the dragon was.
Although it would be implausible for the inexperienced team to win, I do feel like the gravity of them losing the bet was not really conveyed. They stood around silently listening to the opposing coach talk as if their club would continue existing? I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop...
So one of the top 5 most important and influential people in the country is upset that they're not the number 1 most important and influential, and they decide that is a good reason to start a murderin'?
Whatever sympathy I feel for her as a child is completely overshadowed by my feelings that...
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I'd been reading this and enjoying it for a while, it felt like a lighthearted, low stress kind of adventure, you know. But this latest arc has left me asking myself, "what the eff?"
They're really gonna try to whitewash this absolute monster of a character that enslaves people...