Tradedesk
In which the Scout has located Jethri’s logbook.
Given that the Scout has made his discovery after being seen speaking to the chel’Gaibin’s pilot, I feel confident in predicting that Wynhael‘s abrupt departure has some connection with the business which now brings on the departure of Jethri and the Scout. That thought doesn’t seem to have occurred to Jethri yet, though it has doubtless occurred to the Scout.
I’ve been wondering since Master Trader pin’Aker asked to speak to Tan Sim whether that was going to result in him offering to buy out Tan Sim’s contract. I’m currently entertaining a vision of Jethri and Samay getting hooked up in a contract marriage, simultaneously as a genuine strenghthening of bonds between Ixin and Midys and as an excuse for Samay’s uncle to give Tan Sim to Jethri as a wedding present. That’s just for my own amusement, though; it’s a bit too tidy to be plausible as an actual resolution.
Paul, it was amusing to read your speculations. Of course, you were right about one part of them!
Yes, but Tan Sim just disappeared from the screen. Worried for him, I am. Where did he go? Jethri didn’t say goodbye to him or even spend any time with him.
As I continue to mention:
I carry hope that Tan Sim is one more that we will see again in the new “Jethri book” (as Sharon refers to it) maybe in a couple years.