In which Val Con and Miri are not getting much sleep tonight.
Chapter 20 is shaping up to be a long chapter, to the point that I’m almost wondering if I need to subdivide the sections even further. Makes sense, though, since this is the chapter where a whole bunch of plot strands come together, not just from this book but from the four books preceding it.
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Bechimo
In which the ambassador greets Grakow and his attendants.
Between Hevelin petitioning for Tree Junior to be included in crew meetings, and the seed pod it gave Theo a little while back, I’m beginning to suspect that when they do eventually hand over Spiral Dance to Korval, Tree Junior is not planning to go with. That makes sense, come to think of it; unlike its parent, who’s had centuries to get used to being in one place, this tree still has fresh memories of travelling around having adventures with Jela and Cantra, and might want to stick with Theo and have more adventures.
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Orbital Aid 370
In which Grakow puts a word in.
Yes, I thought that was probably who Grakow was. Another not-very-difficult prediction, given the authors.
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Orbital Aid 370
In which Chernak and Stost arrive at their destination.
Well, that prediction was correct. It probably wasn’t a very difficult prediction, to be fair.
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Orbital Aid 370
In which Chernak and Stost are in space.
Well, now. This is interesting.
I thought for a moment our characters were Yxtrang, when it started mentioning the Troop, but no: the mention of the sheriekas makes it clear that this prologue goes all the way back to the last days of the old universe, and Chernak and Stost are the old kind, that were ancestors of the Yxtrang. And Pathfinders, which are presumably the forerunners of the Explorers.
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