Chapter 28 page 23 ~ Lightning wishes he’d agreed to a counting challenge instead of a punching challenge
Lightning: What –?
Kara Lynn: My Master has a complicated plan to remember. She doesn’t have time to follow you around Meggido.
Lightning: Your Master is a child! What can she do that mine cannot?
Kara Lynn: She can set up a conditional challenge. Do you even remember what that is?
Lightning: Well, what?
Jany (thinking): So this is Lightning when he’s recovered from just being “sad and scared” all the time. Nice he’s feeling better, at least?
Kara Lynn: It means the Dog has challenged me — on the condition that it starts if I win a fight with you.
Lightning: An instant way to signal the Dog that you’re here . . .
Kara Lynn: Yes. And to explain the exact situation to his allies. Some of those are adults, if that helps.
Lightning: . . . All right. Do what you must.
A hotel, not far off:
Sparrow: Ooh, sausages —
— oh, I guess we’re doing this before breakfast.
Patrick: I could win it, too — right now! — if my Master hadn’t told me to wait.
Sparrow: Yes, Patrick, I know you can count to ten.
So something I’ve kinda noticed – I don’t recall if this has been answered, so sorry if I’m repeating questions – but do challenges only work when the same ‘role’ proposes/accepts it? Can a Being only accept a challenge from another Being, and a Master only accept a challenge from another Master?
I don’t know if it’s been explicitly said, but that’s how it works, yes!
Now, when will the mauling happen? Or would it be offscreen?
If you mean the Lightning/Kara Lynn mauling, we’re moving right past it. There’s only 4 pages left in this chapter! Gotta cover as much plot as possible.
Just checking- did you mean ‘wait, what?’ for Lightning as opposed to ‘well, what?’ It flows slightly odd for me but others’ mileage may vary.
“Well, what?” works for me. I read it more as “well, what’s the challenge” versus “wait, what are you even talking about.” MMV (mile mileage varies), though, so take it with. again of salt. :-)
@Erin Ptah, if you see this, I’m wondering if you could add the “subscribe to comments when I comment” thing like you did for “Leif & Thorn.” :-) ::hopeful grin::
*”my mileage varies” not “mile mileage varies,” sigh. Can’t type today.
Yeah, exactly.
Also, comment subscriptions now available!
Yay, thanks, Erin! :-D
I had already felt confident that Ilsa had been successfully hijacked by Team… uh… Team Miranda? Team Protagonist? whatever. But seeing Sparrow here serves as yet more confirmation for me. Ilsa’s “don’t lose” can easily be interpreted as “my (new) master is relying on you to start the next part of the plan, so don’t fuck up”, which seems in character for her.