[LMB] Re: The Hallowed Hunt, Chapter 19

[Tzivia Adler]

hah!  got my book back!  a bit late, please bear with me ...

From: "Kalina Varbanova" <kikibug13 at gmail.com>
> What I saw was that, by default, Ingrey did not expect truth to be
> told by Fara, or to be welcomed by Biast. Which is a cynical view of
> the world (and, although it may be my misconception, it is not a view
> that is easily taken by a person of integrity).
>

when talking to rider ulkra, ingrey found that ulkra planned to smooth 
things over, assuming that the crown prince and the princess wouldn't 
want -fuss- about their little brother (which they can't avoid), and wouln't 
want the princess to look very bad (which ulkra could help them avoid).  so 
its not quite ingrey who is cynical in this case, although he is cynical 
enough that ulkra can tell him he plans to lie.

only ingrey would actually -ask- the prince if he wants the rough truth or 
smooth lies!  and ulkra was scared out of his wits hwen he did, heh.  r/a/n/ 
edged away as soon as the prince told him to tell the truth.

what is iteresting is that, when ingrey asked biast if he prefered truth or 
lies, biast remembered that ingrey would defy whom he pleased.  why would 
that question be defiance?  disrespectful, certainly, but telling a lie when 
the prince wants truth, or the other way around, would hardly be obedience, 
either.


> Also, a person who respects integrity would not, I think, revert to
> threats (as with Fara) to have a person tell the truth.
>
i'm not sure this is a question of respcting her integrity, as warning her 
not to dump blame off herself and onto ijada, bec. the truth might come back 
and bite her.  hard.
also:
      'you begin to think like a princess.'
      her gaze grew startled... as if a new road had opned up before her...
that puzzles me.
didn't she grow up as a princess?  and marrying a fairly wealthy (i think) 
earl wouln't close off paths either.  why would she think she can't have 
things her own way, that she'll get in trouble for acting like an 
aristocrat?

other interesting bits:
when learned oswin introduces himself, ingrey identifies him as 'halana's 
oswin' which seems to please oswin a lot.  sign of a good marriage, that.
also when oswin complains that he tries to persuade people logically as the 
father's divine, he is not as successful as her almost non-effort, he sounds 
more wistful than angry.  another good sign.


when oswin asks about his vision, ingrey starts to deny it, then remembers 
taht the son advised against denial, and admitted that his life has gotten 
weird.  and weyrd, too.



zivya, happily re-reading



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