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Conflict of Honors – Chapter 5

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Jankalim Spaceport
Local Year 209

In which Priscilla discovers the depth of her predicament.

Again, I’m having trouble coming up with anything to say about the present chapter without getting tangled up in anticipation of chapters to come.

Since I have in the past called out the authors for what I felt was a particularly blatant use of the old heroine-looks-in-a-mirror routine, it’s only fair that I credit this chapter with a much smoother implementation. If you must do it at all, this is the way to do it, with the plot seamlessly giving rise to a reason for the heroine to be looking in the mirror and paying close attention to her appearance.

Conflict of Honors – Chapter 4

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Shipyear 32
Tripday 152
Third Shift
19.45 hours

In which there is an unexpected change of schedule.

This is one of those chapters that I’d probably have things to say if I were reading it for the first time, but since I’m re-reading my reaction is mainly “Yep, that’s pretty much how I remember it going”.

It’s a day later and Priscilla still has the odd-numbered off-shift, which is a point against there being an odd number of shifts in the day. Allowing for rounding to the nearest hour, her statement that there’s an hour to the shift change is consistent with a day comprising four seven-hour shifts, the same as Elthoria had. Nice to have that settled, even if it is just in time for it not to matter any more.