The Alloy of Law: Question About the Vanisher's Robberies

[Whittler]

20 minutes ago, Duxredux said:

According to the broadsheet before chapter 3, no blood had been spilled in the Vanisher's attacks - so again, what makes you think anyone had already been hurt? I'm in the camp that Wax made his assertion that no one had been hurt (yet) based on the given evidence. Guards vanishing is the same degree of troubling as hostages never being held up for ransom, but apparently there was no evidence of blood or bodies. If I read your original post (often shortened to OP here) correctly, you were trying to reconcile what had happened to the guards with the assertion that no one had been hurt and I think there's been some good options that don't require the guards being killed, injured, or even allowed to resist while the car was still connected to the train. As for where they ended up, read and find out (or RAFO) and decide if the mystery of where the kidnapped people ended up could account for the missing guards too. Logistically, the guards ended up at the Vanisher hideout and could easily have been moved with the kidnapped women.

I see, well my book club is ready to move on now I think, so I will pay attention and see if there is ever mention of more hostages than just the women getting stolen. Which -- although a bit late -- would at least shore up my issue with the first book. That would be nice! I'm excited to keep reading the books, I normally would have started reading by now but I am trying to stay in sync with the rest of my people. So I had too much time to sit here and stew about things.