Firstly, Sophos faces the hardest choice of his life. Are there certain echoes of Eddis' very long pause before she lets Gen go to steal the Queen of Attolia here? More so because with the example of the Mephians discussed among the field-hands in the previous chapter, we know his "stay safely put" option isn't really an option, just as Eddis knows she can't stay put on the Sacred Mountain?
Choice made, and the next Plan by Sophos. This time, crunch time, it really works -- given a dozen or more adjustments, reverses, wild strokes of luck and so on! Sophos combines both his mind and his physical strength – “I hit him with the accumulated force of a thousand thousand shovelfuls of dirt.” A couple of points spring to mind: Why does Sylvie the maid go along with Sophos’ deception when she has seen at least part way through it? And when Baron Hanaktos recognises Sophos, is it as Sophos or because he looks so like Sounis?
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An unexpected rescue
Date: 4/23/17 12:45 am (UTC)Firstly, Sophos faces the hardest choice of his life. Are there certain echoes of Eddis' very long pause before she lets Gen go to steal the Queen of Attolia here? More so because with the example of the Mephians discussed among the field-hands in the previous chapter, we know his "stay safely put" option isn't really an option, just as Eddis knows she can't stay put on the Sacred Mountain?
Choice made, and the next Plan by Sophos. This time, crunch time, it really works -- given a dozen or more adjustments, reverses, wild strokes of luck and so on! Sophos combines both his mind and his physical strength – “I hit him with the accumulated force of a thousand thousand shovelfuls of dirt.” A couple of points spring to mind: Why does Sylvie the maid go along with Sophos’ deception when she has seen at least part way through it?
And when Baron Hanaktos recognises Sophos, is it as Sophos or because he looks so like Sounis?