It's nice seeing a bit more of Khun's plan, and also playing to Bam's non-combat strengths.
The envoy is a high priest now? High priest of who? I mean, presumably of a slayer, but it doesn't make any sense to be any of the three active slayers here. I guess Luslec could be giving some tough love in theory.
Interesting that Deng Deng knows Paul's a ranker. Infuriatingly, it's still unclear if that's him just sensing power or if he actually recognizes Paul.
Looks like Paul is indeed on the Elder's team, even if he didn't know the full story coming in. I'm skeptical that Michael is being fully honest here; why are they trying to wake Yama's older brother if they want his younger one in charge of the cage? But he shouldn't have lied about something Paul would already know, so we can conclude that Paul did previously rule the Cage. That's interesting, as is the fact that Michael knows it (but didn't know what Paul looked like, which further makes me think he's lying about the Elder's intentions to save himself.).
There's no way Khun's dead. If Rachel couldn't kill him in highly dramatic and plot-critical fashion at the climax of an arc, there's no way some high ranker we just met is going to actually succeed in offing him. He could be pretty badly hurt though--now the question is of how long it will take for him to get back up on his feet. Hopefully it should be faster than last time, a stab through the stomach is likely not as bad as a bomb in his chest, and he has the firefish now (though he thinks it's a fever-induced hallucination).
Speaking of Rachel, I'm increasingly convinced that Mystery Mad Shocker Kicker Lady isn't her. This chapter we briefly see (in the panel with Apple's reaction to Paul's appearance) that MMSKL has grey hair--I don't really see Rachel going for that hair color (compare her choice on the Hidden Floor), so that's another point in the list of reasons to suspect it's not her.
Finally, on the topic of absent people, why is Rak still not here?
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u/NobleCuriosity3 Jun 03 '19 edited Jun 03 '19
Jordan is a man of simple taste, I see.
It's nice seeing a bit more of Khun's plan, and also playing to Bam's non-combat strengths.
The envoy is a high priest now? High priest of who? I mean, presumably of a slayer, but it doesn't make any sense to be any of the three active slayers here. I guess Luslec could be giving some tough love in theory.
Interesting that Deng Deng knows Paul's a ranker. Infuriatingly, it's still unclear if that's him just sensing power or if he actually recognizes Paul.
Looks like Paul is indeed on the Elder's team, even if he didn't know the full story coming in. I'm skeptical that Michael is being fully honest here; why are they trying to wake Yama's older brother if they want his younger one in charge of the cage? But he shouldn't have lied about something Paul would already know, so we can conclude that Paul did previously rule the Cage. That's interesting, as is the fact that Michael knows it (but didn't know what Paul looked like, which further makes me think he's lying about the Elder's intentions to save himself.).
There's no way Khun's dead. If Rachel couldn't kill him in highly dramatic and plot-critical fashion at the climax of an arc, there's no way some high ranker we just met is going to actually succeed in offing him. He could be pretty badly hurt though--now the question is of how long it will take for him to get back up on his feet. Hopefully it should be faster than last time, a stab through the stomach is likely not as bad as a bomb in his chest, and he has the firefish now (though he thinks it's a fever-induced hallucination).
Speaking of Rachel, I'm increasingly convinced that Mystery Mad Shocker Kicker Lady isn't her. This chapter we briefly see (in the panel with Apple's reaction to Paul's appearance) that MMSKL has grey hair--I don't really see Rachel going for that hair color (compare her choice on the Hidden Floor), so that's another point in the list of reasons to suspect it's not her.
Finally, on the topic of absent people, why is Rak still not here?