While She Knits ~ In Which The Magus Has a Bath

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Okay, it's not a stretch to think of all sorts of book-discussion topics based on this snippet.

While I can open the floor to other connections to bathing Magus' let's start with the two obvious constructions of this:


The Magus has a Bath, in which he is revealed at last, or something is. (i.e. the fansquee option)

What moments of fan-service, or anticipated developments really made you love an author?
Any that you're still waiting for?



The Magus' bath is a tease, and it will not be steamy, except in a very literal way. He may even just get dunked in a river. (Or the sea by the Mede Empire.)

Any bait-and-switch moments in books that made you angry?
Or made the story better?

I mean. Aside from the obvious plenty contained in the Queen's Thief books...