Susan, oh Susan. you and your guilt. Kudos to Edmund for helping her see that.
Oh MY. Poor poor Obax. This was so sad and terrible.
The whole escape and negotiation were THRILLING. Susan's negotiations with Anradin (love the slave parts) were wonderful -- yes politics, politics, but also WAR and plotting. The whole idea of using the elephants as war machines is, well, terrifying.
Then we have the tense, nerve-racking effort of Edmund and Baris which was wonderfully written.
In all the thrill of the evocatively written camp, I don't want to lose the really lovely moments with a sort of drunk Edmund and Susan and how nicely they communicated and understood each other. That was so nice to read.
Milletpeck is brilliant. She is just a wonderful, wonderful character. I love her relationship with Edmund, her wisdom and how she really manages to comfort Susan. She plays into my competence kink as well.
I feel badly that Edmund gets his wish to ride an elephant in such a spectacular and sad way.
I can't help thinking too, of course, that Anradin trades not only in talking elephants but talking horses as well as Bree ends up in his ownership.
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Date: 2012-04-16 02:10 am (UTC)Oh MY. Poor poor Obax. This was so sad and terrible.
The whole escape and negotiation were THRILLING. Susan's negotiations with Anradin (love the slave parts) were wonderful -- yes politics, politics, but also WAR and plotting. The whole idea of using the elephants as war machines is, well, terrifying.
Then we have the tense, nerve-racking effort of Edmund and Baris which was wonderfully written.
In all the thrill of the evocatively written camp, I don't want to lose the really lovely moments with a sort of drunk Edmund and Susan and how nicely they communicated and understood each other. That was so nice to read.
Milletpeck is brilliant. She is just a wonderful, wonderful character. I love her relationship with Edmund, her wisdom and how she really manages to comfort Susan. She plays into my competence kink as well.
I feel badly that Edmund gets his wish to ride an elephant in such a spectacular and sad way.
I can't help thinking too, of course, that Anradin trades not only in talking elephants but talking horses as well as Bree ends up in his ownership.
Wonderful chapter!