Liad
Jelaza Kazone

In which Anthora has an announcement to make.

Things are moving quickly now, in more ways than one. Nova appears to have been correct to a fear a vogue for precipitate lifematings, at least as far as her kin are concerned. This one sets a record for precipitate that’s going to be hard to beat.

The fact that Ren Zel was cleared to open locked doors and wander through secured areas floated past in the dreamlike nature of that scene, but in daylight one does have to wonder how the house computer ended up with instructions to admit him. Anthora doesn’t seem to have done it, and Jeeves’ phrasing suggests he didn’t do it. Anthora seems to suspect Merlin, but – and I know I said Merlin and the Tree seemed to have been stage-managing the meeting – I find it hard to believe either a cat or a tree could have been able to access the house computer. Surely?

On the other hand, I do wonder how much Jeeves knows. The enquiry as to how well Anthora slept might be more than just a routine pleasantry, and I find myself wondering about the remark about the new napkin being “appropriate to her station”: does that mean he is aware of her station having changed? The idea of Merlin having recruited Jeeves as an accomplice is only slightly less bemusing than the idea of Merlin having updated the house computer personally, but Jeeves has indicated in the past that he understands what the cats tell him…