[LMB] TSK: Beguilement Re-read -- Questions for Chapter 2.

[Tzivia Adler]

> Based on the action contained in chapter two, what are your second
> impressions?
fawn mentioned lakewalker's black magic.  we get a glimpse of this with dag 
matching his heart to sean's and making them 'dance together'.  based only 
on the info so far, i wonder why making a mostly dead person become a mostly 
alive person would be black magic?  could it be that lakewalkers can do the 
reverse, too?  or is it just too creepy for the farmers, and when it doesn't 
work, a malpractice suit is brought with lynch ropes and bonfires?

and i also wonder - based on chapter 2 - if the 'made man' is just 
lakewalker prejudice?  it said 'master want', does that mean that this huge 
man (the 2 are described as big and bigger) is not itself the blight bogle 
but an alternate danger?  fawn seems scared enough of it.

> What captures your attention the most?
dag thinks that for once he won't be too late - was he too late for someone 
else, or was someone a day late and a dollar short when he lost his hand? 
like the spartans who stood their ground, expecting reinforcements that 
never came.  really curious about dag, he doesn't quite fit the 'handsome 
stranger with mysterious past' standard role.  not that i would expect him 
to!  *curtsies at author*

> What is happening with your expectations from chapter one?
>
eh, not many expectations.  girl meets boy, boy rescues girl, they live 
happily ever after.  we seem to be heading in the right direction here.

> Building on Tora's question from chapter one, what do you think of the 
> dual
> naming system for Blight Bogles/Malices?
>
that actually makes a difference, now that i think of it.

blight bogle - it sounds dangerous, but no more than quicksand or a tornado 
or a tree falling on someone's head.  these things happen, no offense meant.

malice - we're here, and we're going to get you.  and your little dog, too.
am i the only one thinking of the (legal?) term malice aforethought ?

ziviya
taking a moment to thank victoria for organizing an interesting on-topic 
thread.  tora, too!