Jemiatha’s Jumble Stop
In which Bechimo gains a Captain.
Joyita stepping in to help Theo past her moment of panic ties back to the conversation earlier about whether Theo likes Joyita more than Bechimo, and why: Theo trusts her ship, but even so she finds it reassuring to be interacting with someone who has a face.
I mentioned, way back near the beginning of Ghost Ship, that the investiture of the Department’s new Commander reminded me of something that would happen later, and this is it. The installation of Bechimo‘s Captain seems to involve similar technology, although in a more refined form (or perhaps just in a form designed by someone who cared about the well-being of the person it would be used on).
Which brings to mind the question: If the Commander of Agents is in a similar relationship to the one Theo now has with Bechimo, who or what is the Commander in a relationship with? And for the more efficient pursuit of what purpose?
This scene bothered me. We’re supposed to believe that Joyita is his own person/personality, yet it is his image that is on the screen as Theo bonds with Bechimo. Well which is it authors? Are Joyita and Bechimo separate? Or are they still really two expressions of the same “person”?
In this chapter, they are still really two expressions of the same person. Joyita states later that it was only after the bonding was complete that he became an independent person.
@who or what is the Commander in a relationship with
That is a bothersome thought – and it sounds like the DOI is led by non Liaden interests – similar to the conspiracy on Delgado – the tempering of sources – that Kamele Waitley and Jen Sar Kiladi uncovered.
Good thought, Paul: Which brings to mind the question: If the Commander of Agents is in a similar relationship to the one Theo now has with Bechimo, who or what is the Commander in a relationship with? And for the more efficient pursuit of what purpose?
I have asked myself the same questions. The tech is similar to what the Lyre Institue uses, too. (Wires into the head)
Othin– I have thought about whether Liad is really the victim, the intended victim. Something in Saltation…I will look.