Carpe Diem – Chapter 30

Shaltren
Cessilee

In which Edger and Sheather meet the Chairman of the Juntavas.

Here’s one indication that Trogar is lying to Edger: he says that Hostro has reported nothing about what happened on Lufkit, beyond the bare fact that he had Miri and then he didn’t — but he knows, without either of the Turtles mentioning it, about Costello threatening Watcher. (Or perhaps they did mention it, before the scene started, when they were explaining how they came to be standing in his office. What do you think?)

That’s an interesting bit of symbolism, the way Edger’s demonstration reduces most of the Juntavas-controlled worlds on the map to rubble — and the more so for the fact that it was just an incidental effect of Edger’s main intention.

3 thoughts on “Carpe Diem – Chapter 30

  1. Ed8r

    What it left me wondering was why even 39 of the gems were still whole? Were they the only ones that were truly genuine? Would the other worlds have dared send good fakes, which were more susceptible to the notes of Edger’s song?

  2. Paul A. Post author

    It’s mentioned that each of the gems on the map is different, so they’d all react differently to Edger’s song depending on how similar they were to the miraldine that was Edger’s target. It wouldn’t necessarily be a case of more or less authentic.

  3. Ed8r

    Good point: it’s more likely to do with each gem’s micro-crystalline structure and its similarity to miraldine…just as you said.

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