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caper_estKiller-Kate and Luke Lackland: 1,200 words. Elegant Elder Sister interrupts the diplomatic conference with some actual diplomacy, rising to the desperate occasion with all she has. That turns out to be a great deal. I've been afraid for a couple of chapters that she was going all damselly on me - but man and boy, is she not!
The dynamics of a scene with so many bold and brilliant people in it are really difficult to handle: only a few of them can speak or ought to try, but leaving some of these major characters silent at such a moment makes me feel like I'm dealing them dummy hands. Hero-Father and Flashy Elder Brother are my main concerns here, not for the first time, even though they've already been seriously active in this very chapter. Another note for the redraft. There's a hell of a lot of cat-herding to do, here.
Next, I need to wrap up the proposal/counter-proposal sequence. The real confrontation looms close now.
The dynamics of a scene with so many bold and brilliant people in it are really difficult to handle: only a few of them can speak or ought to try, but leaving some of these major characters silent at such a moment makes me feel like I'm dealing them dummy hands. Hero-Father and Flashy Elder Brother are my main concerns here, not for the first time, even though they've already been seriously active in this very chapter. Another note for the redraft. There's a hell of a lot of cat-herding to do, here.
Next, I need to wrap up the proposal/counter-proposal sequence. The real confrontation looms close now.
