Tarigan
Jemiatha’s Jumble Stop
Berth 12
In which Tolly has his first in-person meeting with the Admiral.
Work continues on Admiral Bunter. It appears that the transfer does have to be done all in one go, which makes sense, and that Tocohl and Jeeves did plan ahead and pack a selection of things for him to be transferred into, which I suppose I should have expected.
The idea that Bechimo might have chosen to leave Admiral Bunter behind in the active expectation that he would fall apart by himself before too long is not a pleasant one, but it seems enough like something Bechimo might have done before Theo and Clarence started teaching him some consideration that I’m not sure he didn’t do it. (Theo, on the other hand, I don’t think would have done it deliberately. I expect she just didn’t think.)
I’m intrigued by the mention of Inki having mentored a judge. Who uses a machine — especially an illegal machine — as a judge?
I wonder if the theme of people being put in new bodies can be extended to the other main plot strand, back on Dutiful Passage. I can’t see an obvious way to apply it to Padi, but there is Shan — rather than being put into a new body he’s not certain how much to trust, he isn’t certain how much to trust what Lute might be putting into the body he already has.
PA: Who uses a machine — especially an illegal machine — as a judge?
I wonder if this could be the Juntavas? It’s not entirely clear exactly what the function of a Juntavas judge is, is it?
And it is also not certain what an “AI judge” is a judge of. It might be something we are not thinking of at all.
Thought on re-reading: Inki’s confidence that she can talk Stew around to her proposed course of action is somewhat ominous, knowing what we now know.
Agreed. I had that same reaction, this time around.