Mags

"Nah, nights don't taste like mushrooms."

Arun successfully escaped from the boys who were beating him up and made his way back to the safe house. He poked his head in the door.

"Ah come on." She decides to lick it.

I like this idea! I think the decision making/ commands factor of awakened things would work well as a parallel to code in modern robots/computers. It's possible that using Awakening in partnership with the developing technology of fabrials could allow for something similar. With the fabrial working as the wiring and motherboard of the system, and the commands as the code. I just really want a magic robot guy!! it would be so cool!!

M'kay so I have a question . . . you guys are currently doing the district thing right? The beginning of each one has numbers for the districts that became each quarter, but I haven't read the books so I don't know what the numbers mean. Would anyone be able to give me a quick idea of the condition of each quarter? if not I'll just try and google stuff.

I would be interested!

". . ." "Do you think it's soy sauce?" Chiyo pulls an egg roll out of her pocket and dips it in the black to try.

Oh nice! I've only ever had a chocolate bagel once before but it was great! And I agree . . . anything with chocolate is good.

"Yeah!" Chiyo pulled out her notebook and started jotting things down.

"MHmmm! One time I had pheasant with gravy and it was the best!"

"The dead kind, roasted and seasoned to perfection!" Chiyo smiles brightly.

"Yeh, the dead girl was nice mostly."

"Do you know the difficulty level of our mission, compared to other missions in the past?" PoMee asked. "I hope we can handle it."

Chiyo looked around for the others she had come with before exiting the building.

Merinn followed, looking forward to the treasure. "So we know where it is?"

Welcome to the Shard!! What's your favorite kind of bagel? (if you have one)

I agree with this. I personally find the scene hilarious (probably because it plays directly into the kind of humor I enjoy), but even without how funny it is, it gives us a good look at Shallans character at the moment. Is she acting like a spoiled child? Maybe, but I wouldn't say that's a bad thing, or untrue to her character. She's a noble men's daughter and has been treated such her whole life. She just came from living with the princess as well. This is Shallan's first experience with the real, harsh world of people who don't care about her rank and want to take advantage of her. So if she does seem a little bit genuinely spoiled I think that's because she is, and she's just learning what the world is like. I also think it's important to note how she's taking one of her first go's at acting, or impersonating. This later because a massive facet of her character with the creation of Veil and Radiant. She's acting like a worse person than she is, because that's what [ghostblood lady she ran into who's name I forgot] was trying to teach her. Shallan's own spoiled-ness leeks through, yes, but most of it is acting. To me, the scene makes her seem less like a spoiled brat, and more like a scared child. She's completely out of her depth, so she falls into the cliche of a spoiled lighteyes because it's safe, and works (for the most part). Kaladin isn't aware of her struggles the way the reader is, so he sees her as that facade she's put up. But we as the reader know she's barely staying together on the inside. The scene allows us to see this through the contrast of who she's pretending to be, who people see her as, and what she really is deep down. I definitely think he could benefit from a romantic relationship, but I think he needs to go slow. I think it would be really great if he ended up with someone he considers a really close friend first, before they both consider romance. It would give him time to open up to the person and become comfortable around them before they get into the added tension of romance. It would give time for Kaladin to heal a little more, and his partner would also be able to aid him in that healing as well. I'm not saying he shouldn't be in a relationship right now, I'm just saying it would be best for him if he took things slowly, and dated someone he already trusted. Perhaps that's why it didn't work out with [Lin? that one girl? I can't remember names this morning]. They both jumped into the relationship, wanting it to be romantic. There was no time for the extra building of trust that I think Kaladin needs right now, and [Lin-girl-person] ended up misunderstanding him and not being able to really get to know him because she hadn't taken the time to break down his walls. Or they just weren't made for each other and I'm rambling, but I hope you can kinda see what I mean.

Whoops, sorry about that. Thanks for the catch!

"We could go on holiday."

Welcome to the shard! Do you like bagels? If so, what's your favorite kind?

kid me did not understand metaphor ;-; (also I'm pretty sure my ward only ever had us sing the 1st verse but I could be remembering wrong)

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW THAT 'POPCORN POPPING ON THE APRICOT TREE' REFERED TO THE BLOSSEMS ON THE TREE? THAT COME BEFORE THE FRUIT? Why did that take me so long to figure out? I literally grew up with flowering trees by my house . . .