Whitney
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Scott Hawkins:
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(view spoiler)[Pardon me if this has already been asked, or if it really is obvious in the book, but I didn't catch it, even after reading it twice.... How does it become David's "assignment" to rescue Steve from prison? Does Carolyn convince him? How does she convince everyone that Steve is "essential" but also disposable? And is his heart a McGuffin? (hide spoiler)]
Scott Hawkins
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(view spoiler)[Hi Whitney,
It didn't get a lot of page time, but at the end of Chapter 3 (about pg. 72-ish), right after Nobununga flamed out trying to get into Garrison Oaks, Carolyn & co. were talking about alternate strategies for getting back to the library.
Carolyn pointed out that regular Americans didn't seem to have a problem moving around inside the reissak. They decided they needed an American, and that Carolyn (as the only one who really spoke the language) should be the one to find him/her. She already had, ofc--that's why she set Steve up for the murder of Detective Miner. With a death penalty case hanging over his head, she had leverage.
Then, last line of the chapter, "They plotted together until well after dark. Carolyn pretended to resist at first, but eventually she let them convince her that David would have to be involved as well."
I never spelled it out, but it was probably something like "David we need a huge favor. We need you to break a guy out of jail, and there are liable to be A WHOLE LOT OF CASUALTIES. ARMED, FIGHTING-AGE CASUALTIES. WITH GUNS. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO KILL SOME OF THEM--MAYBE EVEN ALL OF THEM--IN HORRIBLE WAYS. You'll need to--" pause. "David, why are you drooling?"
HTH,
Scott (hide spoiler)]
It didn't get a lot of page time, but at the end of Chapter 3 (about pg. 72-ish), right after Nobununga flamed out trying to get into Garrison Oaks, Carolyn & co. were talking about alternate strategies for getting back to the library.
Carolyn pointed out that regular Americans didn't seem to have a problem moving around inside the reissak. They decided they needed an American, and that Carolyn (as the only one who really spoke the language) should be the one to find him/her. She already had, ofc--that's why she set Steve up for the murder of Detective Miner. With a death penalty case hanging over his head, she had leverage.
Then, last line of the chapter, "They plotted together until well after dark. Carolyn pretended to resist at first, but eventually she let them convince her that David would have to be involved as well."
I never spelled it out, but it was probably something like "David we need a huge favor. We need you to break a guy out of jail, and there are liable to be A WHOLE LOT OF CASUALTIES. ARMED, FIGHTING-AGE CASUALTIES. WITH GUNS. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO KILL SOME OF THEM--MAYBE EVEN ALL OF THEM--IN HORRIBLE WAYS. You'll need to--" pause. "David, why are you drooling?"
HTH,
Scott (hide spoiler)]
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