The Sorcerer's Progress (Page 26 of 62)

Got a nit on your response about Shogran using the Covenant gem. You say Melayne isn't too worried about someone using a gem unethically because they are probably skilled enough to not blow up the world, yet she is terrified of Merran's power because she might act upon whims without ethics/control?

Double standard, dude. Melayne would be terrified of Shogran having a Covenant gem. Someone is mis-aligning TIME.

What would Pike have done with one of those babies at his disposal? Hmmm? Now time is bending, Shogran has Caneth trapped in a tornado, and is also stealing children. It isn't beyond Melayne to see the big picture.

A note on your latest set of reviews: In a sense Pengrit represents what Melayne fears her daughter might become--a feral sorcerer, without the deep sense of responsibility needed to go with her power.  Merran's shown us that her mother is wrong, but Melayne's fears run deep.

Caneth sees things a little differently.  He understands, more than Melayne, that 'the capacity is the need', but he also knows that his wife's fears are based on experience, not fancy.  You saw him tell Merran she could take care of the next two patients, and when he broke the promise, Merran fully understood why.  She would have stood aside if he hadn't spoken.

OBTW, I'm going another bout with strep.  I slept about 15 hours a day from Saturday until Tuesday.  I'm on amox/clavanulate now.  That seems to work better for me than some of the fancier antibiotics, and it's not too expensive.  I have to see if I've got a source of reinfection.  There's a few things to check.

Make sure you throw out your toothbrush. It is a common vector for reinfection.

Bathroom water glass or drink bottles? Get rid of them. Ever swig mouthwash out of the jug? Throw it away. Get rid of anything that is in contact with said toothbrush (like toothpaste that rubbed against toothbrush or a tray), go around your house with some wipes. Clean surfaces you might have touched after eating with fingers or blowing nose. Clean door handles. Computer surface, handles of toilet. Then do the same to your car and car keys.

Just a few more ideas.

I work the next two nights and it's a weekend, so don't know if work will allow me to work on anything fun. Either way, I'll get to your story by Monday.

I just won't comment on the power moments since you already realize my opinion. I'll see if I can find anything else to mention that might be of use.

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gotcha.

Okay got a minor power moment for Kirsey.  It ties in with some of the existing spellwork I have to clean up.

Okay, here's that writing box.

If you can read Pitman, there's a possible fat spoiler (not absolutely set in stone) in the red text under the image.  No fair getting help on the web!  You have to figure it out yourself.  (Link for the intrepid########bullheaded)  (Oops, 'have to' should be 'have time to'!)

I've got to catch up on errands, so I won't have that much time to work here today.  I've got at least seven or eight hours of reviews to do and I may do half of them.  Then I've got the chapter/scenes I've been working on to type up.

And Merran and Jamen going after the kids, and back to Erevain, and all the training chapters, and probably recutting chapters one through four to move the front-of-the-shop and the back-of-the-house closer together.

That's actually two hours from me. In fact, I visit Tacoma once or twice a year since our main office is located there.

-Elisheva

NJC, do you want reviews on your latest chapter? Just making sure ...

Girl's night in Washington State! Woot, woot!

It's a chapter fragment, newly posted in B2 as Ch42.  Take you ten minutes, and maybe worth 0.6 point.