story complete; now series
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I decided that I should stick a pin in the end of A Complete Education, as the main plotlines were resolved enough; the next chapter introduces some new ideas, so I split it out into a new story and made a series.
So– new story chapter update, Continuing Education: chapter 1, Get In Line, in which Csethiro is given, well, not the shovel talk, but– and also, Archduchess Vedero begins to exercise her influence.
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“If we tell her Setheris Nelar’s specific role in it she’ll have him killed,” Csevet pointed out.
“Not if we also tell her our own complex calculations into whether his survival or disappearance would be more upsetting,” Cala said. “It’s a fine line and we do the math continually. Provided Nelar never does anything to draw Himself’s attention again, it is less destructive to leave him alive. But if ever Himself is obligated to notice him, then it tips the balance and we kill him, and we’ve made sure he knows this.”
He said it so matter-of-factly that Csevet just stared at him. “We?” Csevet said finally; Cala had used the plural.
“We’ll not tell you who specifically would do it,” Cala said, “for plausible deniability. If ever anyone asks you, you don’t know who did it, and thus cannot be coerced into bearing witness.” He grinned, a cold and toothy expression that was profoundly unnerving. “Anyway it would depend on the circumstances. He might just disappear instead.”
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I decided that I should stick a pin in the end of A Complete Education, as the main plotlines were resolved enough; the next chapter introduces some new ideas, so I split it out into a new story and made a series.
So– new story chapter update, Continuing Education: chapter 1, Get In Line, in which Csethiro is given, well, not the shovel talk, but– and also, Archduchess Vedero begins to exercise her influence.
*
“If we tell her Setheris Nelar’s specific role in it she’ll have him killed,” Csevet pointed out.
“Not if we also tell her our own complex calculations into whether his survival or disappearance would be more upsetting,” Cala said. “It’s a fine line and we do the math continually. Provided Nelar never does anything to draw Himself’s attention again, it is less destructive to leave him alive. But if ever Himself is obligated to notice him, then it tips the balance and we kill him, and we’ve made sure he knows this.”
He said it so matter-of-factly that Csevet just stared at him. “We?” Csevet said finally; Cala had used the plural.
“We’ll not tell you who specifically would do it,” Cala said, “for plausible deniability. If ever anyone asks you, you don’t know who did it, and thus cannot be coerced into bearing witness.” He grinned, a cold and toothy expression that was profoundly unnerving. “Anyway it would depend on the circumstances. He might just disappear instead.”
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