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I Dare – Chapter 30

Day 355
Standard Year 1392

Hamilton Street
Surebleak

In which Pat Rin and Natesa come to an understanding.

The bit about the “familiar flames of loss” is telling: events have taught Pat Rin to expect that everything he loves will be taken from him, one way or another.

So the fact that he expects incorrectly this time will be good for him in more ways than one.

I Dare – Chapter 29

Day 349
Standard Year 1392

Hamilton Street
Surebleak

In which Pat Rin has not attempted to be sensible recently.

It’s pretty apparent that Cheever and Pat Rin are friends now, however sudden and uncomfortable the beginning of their association may have been. Which, as Cheever points out, is liable to cause a problem if Pat Rin can’t get past thinking “That’s my friend in danger” when it would be more helpful to take a step back and look at the longer view. (Or, in Natesa’s case, “That’s my beloved in danger” — which is an admission I think Pat Rin’s making explicit for the first time.)

The “doctor, so-called” is another nice addition to the series’ collection of memorable one-off characters.