Dragonettes is weird to me, but I'm not sure dragonling would sound any better.
The mysterious absences of security seem arranged, to me, but arranged by whom? Is it Tabini, trying to give his grandmother opportunity to act or not act, the way Banichi deliberately gave Cenedi the chance to kill him? Is it something else? Certainly Jago seems like she's not happy with having to leave her charge so often. On the other hand I think Tano and Algini are probably closer to Bren than anyone's admitting to him, perhaps so that if asked he can pass on the lie convincingly?
I think you're right that atevi thought is more compartmentalized - perhaps it's a factor of just being faster? They're warmer than humans, they like stimulants in their tea and/or pickles, and consequently they might well do emotions faster - maybe for a human it would be unhealthy cycling between emotions, even?
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The mysterious absences of security seem arranged, to me, but arranged by whom? Is it Tabini, trying to give his grandmother opportunity to act or not act, the way Banichi deliberately gave Cenedi the chance to kill him? Is it something else? Certainly Jago seems like she's not happy with having to leave her charge so often. On the other hand I think Tano and Algini are probably closer to Bren than anyone's admitting to him, perhaps so that if asked he can pass on the lie convincingly?
I think you're right that atevi thought is more compartmentalized - perhaps it's a factor of just being faster? They're warmer than humans, they like stimulants in their tea and/or pickles, and consequently they might well do emotions faster - maybe for a human it would be unhealthy cycling between emotions, even?