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I Dare – Chapter 4

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Day 284
Standard Year 1392

Departing McGee

In which Cheever offers a lesson in piloting.

Cheever is clearly of a mind to keep poking at the boundaries of Pat Rin’s Not-A-Pilot-ness. Pat Rin doesn’t expect anything to come of it, since the best pilots in Korval (which are among the best pilots anywhere) haven’t been able to make anything of him, but it seems to me that Cheever might have a chance precisely because he’s not of Korval, and therefore not family, and their interactions are not weighed down by shared history: different approach, maybe leading to different results.

(Pat Rin is in his early forties now, which means he’s had a lot of time to get used to being Not A Pilot. Indeed, it means he’s been Not A Pilot for more than half his life.)

I Dare – Chapter 2

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Day 283
Standard Year 1392

McGee Spaceport
Fortune’s Reward

In which Cheever has a few words on the importance of backup.

It’s not long after we last saw Pat Rin and Cheever, back near the end of Carpe Diem — they’re still on the same planet they were just arriving at then — but a bit of time has passed, enough for Cheever to go on leave and come off, and for Pat Rin to make several unsuccessful attempts to cut him loose.

It occurs to me to wonder where Pat Rin was planning to go to ground if he had succeeded in cutting Cheever loose. Since, as we are reminded, he is not a qualified pilot himself, that would have dramatically limited his options.

Carpe Diem – Chapter 58

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McGee Orbit

In which an honorable man offers an honorable man the means to avoid possible unpleasantness.

In this chapter we learn — and it would appear from his thoughtful expression that Pat Rin learns — that Cheever wasn’t just offered a job to keep him out of trouble, but also because Shan thought he might be helpful keeping Pat Rin out of trouble if things got nasty. Which suggests that Shan was already considering the possibility that the situation with the Department might get nasty. It also suggests that in the short time of their acquaintance, Shan gained quite a bit of respect for and trust in Cheever.

This is a very short chapter; I considered bundling it with one of the chapters on either side of it, but they don’t really go together.