Definitely! And Bren's is right in the centre of it all. I keep wondering, as I read, what all the poor atevi around him are thinking -- How much does he know, and why is he being so cagey? He's very skilled at playing ignorant; was that a slip just now, though? What has he been told? What have his own kind told him to tell us? -- and trying to guess at their surmises every time Bren has one of those fraught, half-obscure conversations.
(Good grief, what poor Jago must be thinking! Between that "we call it a test of character" / "so do we" exchange, and his later fumbling that comes to close to a proposition, her head's probably spinning!
I loved: "Nadi Bren. I wish you'd consult before decisions."
Haha, I can just picture the face Bren had to refrain from making, there. :P That's got to be the sign of A+ paidhi material, there -- anyone who can manage not to make the retort Bren wanted to make deserves top marks, for sure!
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Definitely! And Bren's is right in the centre of it all. I keep wondering, as I read, what all the poor atevi around him are thinking -- How much does he know, and why is he being so cagey? He's very skilled at playing ignorant; was that a slip just now, though? What has he been told? What have his own kind told him to tell us? -- and trying to guess at their surmises every time Bren has one of those fraught, half-obscure conversations.
(Good grief, what poor Jago must be thinking! Between that "we call it a test of character" / "so do we" exchange, and his later fumbling that comes to close to a proposition, her head's probably spinning!
I loved: "Nadi Bren. I wish you'd consult before decisions."
Haha, I can just picture the face Bren had to refrain from making, there. :P That's got to be the sign of A+ paidhi material, there -- anyone who can manage not to make the retort Bren wanted to make deserves top marks, for sure!