Bill Noble
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi, my apologies if this question has already been asked and answered, but I just found this "ask the author" section and this question has been bugging me a lot lately... in "Mirror Dance", what exactly alerts Bel Thorne to the fact that Mark is not Miles?
Lois McMaster Bujold
A whole lot of little subliminal (and not so subliminal) things adding up gradually, but probably the final test was when Bel leaned in and kissed Mark, and got a very un-Miles-like reaction.
Their flirting was a practiced near-joke by that time, and Miles normally would have ducked and passed it off with a laugh, not panicked and frozen.
Ta, L.
A whole lot of little subliminal (and not so subliminal) things adding up gradually, but probably the final test was when Bel leaned in and kissed Mark, and got a very un-Miles-like reaction.
Their flirting was a practiced near-joke by that time, and Miles normally would have ducked and passed it off with a laugh, not panicked and frozen.
Ta, L.
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Ah finally, able to converse. I hope there isn't a letter cap...spoilers there is >:) I don't know this website very well is there a better way to message you directly? If not long story cut VERY SHORT...I finished reading Cordelia's Honor at 6amCST this morning before going to bed. I laughed, I cried, I contemplated my own mortality and called family, and I am very grateful the rest of your books are in the back.
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