CoB Part 2 (Chapters 6-11)

[Scott]

Discussion thread for Chapters 6-11.

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[Scott]

Haven't completed this section yet, but I just had to put down that there's something funky going on with that polis Governor. With her stuttering and wearing clothes much to big for her. Didn't that crazy old biddy say to Mula that the lady who was around for the killing was short?

I love mysteries like this because I start to question everyone haha. And then am usually wrong

[Teanka]

Still in the middle of this section, but as for Sky's suggestion from the other thread:

Sky wrote: "I'm just wondering if the Voortya who created her heaven and the Voortya who created the sentinels and miraculously supported the city are in fact one and the same."

I believe that it's the same Voortya, probably reborn in a way, and suffering from a sort of amnesia (she doesn't seem to remember much... yet). Her reaction to Mulagesh's attack was very telling, I think. Maybe her undead followers still exist somehow and this caused her to return?

I'm also guessing that thinadeskite is actually the substance derived from the sword of the fallen Voortya followers (it was mentioned that the swords disappeared and that thinadeskite was 'somehow erratically spread throughout the area" and that it was only ever found in that one place). The mine is a giant tomb... and wow, they have plundered 60 tons of it! No wonder Voortya's followers got angry enough to wake their goddess.

Of course, this is just speculation. This book is a lot of fun :).

Scott wrote: "Didn't that crazy old biddy say to Mula that the lady who was around for the killing was short? "

I don't know, the governor seems harmless enough, and grateful to Mulagesh. Mulagesh's first thought was to suspect Choudhry, which is sort of crazy from her point of view since Choudhry is supposedly missing, presumed dead. But you're right, at this point it could be just anyone.

[Scott]

Yeah I was grasping at straws on that one :D trying to be clever

I actually really like her, Rada.

Another amazingly crazy fight with a Divinity. Holy shit, that was awesome. Seeing Mula and Sigrud back kicking some ass was fun, expect more of that as the end gets closer.

Really liked Sigrud's reaction at the end of this section to his daughter's trust; seems genuinely happy for her. I figured that's what was going on instead of a spy situation

Interesting that the sentinels' blades are made from that substance that was found to not be divine; they need to work on their testing.

I have no idea how this is going to resolve itself. Another trip to the City of Blades is in store I'm guessing

[Lindsay]

I don't have much in the way of speculation yet, but Rada's speech about the inevitability of death rang all sorts of alarm bells for me. Plus her interest in taxidermy along with her childhood trauma. I don't have a motive for her yet but I can see how someone like that might become obsessed with an afterlife.

I will say that Bennett has a brilliant gift when it comes to memorable visual images. The scene with Chekov's minigun was awesome. Beautifully setup with earlier legends of what a Sentinel's sword could do, and then the father of all Sentinels arising out of the water. And of course the gun had been seen in the first act, and even mounted high up :)

[Suzanne]

I liked the speech about soldiers and service too - that one made me sad I was listening vs. reading because I couldn't highlight it.

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

Yeah, Rada seems suspect.

I kind of figured Signa was hooking up with the driver, that was cool to see. For a crazy badass, Sigrund's reactiin to it was awesome.

This section was pretty awesome. They barely survived 1 sentinal, image an army of them.

I'll be curious if the locals are in on the sentinals thing, or just taking advantage. Either way that other general's reaction is going to cost a lot of his own forces their lives for the sake of revenge.

Looking forward to the last section.

[Sky]

I suspect Rada too - That speech was pretty crazy, about the inevitability of death, and as mentioned all the taxidermied animals. And the speech about her whole family dying at the beginning, and her being saved, and how thankful she is for the soldiers to save her - I think she's more upset her whole family died than that she alone was saved.

But the biggest clue seems to be this hooded short lady popping up everywhere, during the deaths of the family and delivering the sword...It's meant I think to make us suspect Choudhry, but Rada is also very short. And from what we are learning so far, Choudhry is trying to help.

I was pretty sure at this point the thinadeskite was either the conduit for the souls as other Sky speculated in the last section, or the material the swords were made from. Looks like it is what the swords are made from, but since the swords are also conduits to the sentinels soul, other Sky was right as well :)

[Andreas]

Wasn't Sigrud a sucker for romance novels in CoS or does my memory mislead me completely? His reaction to his daughter's love affair would fit, then.

[Suzanne]

I don't remember, but that would make sense. I really liked his reaction - it wasn't, perhaps, the typical "father" reaction, but he really isn't the typical father.