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Who is saying this?I was never the sort to receive portents, or to delude myself that I had. Silence was always my portion, in return for my prayers.
KarenHunt wrote:Who is saying this?I was never the sort to receive portents, or to delude myself that I had. Silence was always my portion, in return for my prayers. But of late it seems to me the silence has grown . . . emptier.
To whom?
In what tale?
Slightly later in the same conversation:I was never the sort to receive portents, or to delude myself that I had. Silence was always my portion, in return for my prayers. But of late it seems to me the silence has grown . . . emptier.
Who is saying this?You once told me you had promised XXX not to speak of YYY’s true fate to any living soul. Um. Well. Here am I, before you now.
JKCade wrote:I was never the sort to receive portents, or to delude myself that I had. Silence was always my portion, in return for my prayers. But of late it seems to me the silence has grown . . . emptier.
Slightly later in the same conversation:
You once told me you had promised XXX not to speak of YYY’s true fate to any living soul. Um. Well. Here am I, before you now.
Who is saying this? Lord Arhys
To whom? Royina Ista
In what tale? Paladin of Souls
Bonus:
Who is XXX? Ias
Who is YYY? Arhys' father
Who is speaking first? Ivan VorpatrilJKCade wrote:"When we walked in, the average age dropped from ninety to eighty-nine."
"Eighty-nine and a half, I'd say." XXX whispered back.
Who is XXX?Really, murmured XXX, young YYY makes me want to throw a stick, just to see what would happen.
Who is XXX?“Or just some random poacher,” said YYY, though his ears had pricked with interest.
Really, murmured XXX, young YYY makes me want to throw a stick, just to see what would happen.
The original (expanded) quote:“These are my friends AAA”—a big burly fellow, perhaps BBB’s age—“YYY”—the bouncy-looking young man in question gave a cheery salute—“and CCC.” The last was a young woman with sandy-red hair and a smattering smattering of freckles across her sharp cheekbones.
Who is XXX?“Or just some random poacher,” said YYY, though his ears had pricked with interest.
Really, murmured XXX, young YYY makes me want to throw a stick, just to see what would happen.
The original (expanded) quote:“These are my friends AAA”—a big burly fellow, perhaps BBB’s age—“YYY”—the bouncy-looking young man in question gave a cheery salute—“and CCC.” The last was a young woman with sandy-red hair and a smattering smattering of freckles across her sharp cheekbones.
Who is XXX?“Or just some random poacher,” said YYY, though his ears had pricked with interest.
Really, murmured XXX, young YYY makes me want to throw a stick, just to see what would happen.
The original (expanded) quote:“These are my friends AAA”—a big burly fellow, perhaps BBB’s age—“YYY”—the bouncy-looking young man in question gave a cheery salute—“and CCC.” The last was a young woman with sandy-red hair and a smattering smattering of freckles across her sharp cheekbones.
Who is XXX?“Or just some random poacher,” said YYY, though his ears had pricked with interest.
Really, murmured XXX, young YYY makes me want to throw a stick, just to see what would happen.
Sorry, I was away for a while. I'm back !KarenHunt wrote:Another hint: This is from one of the first three Penric tales, collected in Penric's Progress.
How we are introduced to YYY:The original (expanded) quote:“These are my friends AAA”—a big burly fellow, perhaps BBB’s age—“YYY”—the bouncy-looking young man in question gave a cheery salute—“and CCC.” The last was a young woman with sandy-red hair and a smattering smattering of freckles across her sharp cheekbones.Who is XXX? a shaman called Kreil“Or just some random poacher,” said YYY, though his ears had pricked with interest.
Really, murmured XXX, young YYY makes me want to throw a stick, just to see what would happen.
Who is YYY? Des
What tale is this? Penric's Fox
Bonus:
What does XXX think might happen?
Since Kreil is quite young, though he hosts a Great Dog, Des believes he might well run after the stick to fetch it and bring it back as if he were a puppy....
Karen Hunt
Happy to see you back! And correct, so baton passes to you.voralfred wrote:Sorry, I was away for a while. I'm back !KarenHunt wrote:Another hint: This is from one of the first three Penric tales, collected in Penric's Progress.
How we are introduced to YYY:The original (expanded) quote:“These are my friends AAA”—a big burly fellow, perhaps BBB’s age—“YYY”—the bouncy-looking young man in question gave a cheery salute—“and CCC.” The last was a young woman with sandy-red hair and a smattering smattering of freckles across her sharp cheekbones.Who is XXX? a shaman called Kreil“Or just some random poacher,” said YYY, though his ears had pricked with interest.
Really, murmured XXX, young YYY makes me want to throw a stick, just to see what would happen.
Who is YYY? Des
What tale is this? Penric's Fox
Bonus:
What does XXX think might happen?
Since Kreil is quite young, though he hosts a Great Dog, Des believes he might well run after the stick to fetch it and bring it back as if he were a puppy....
Karen Hunt
Book ?XXX was put glumly in mind of an AAA BBB aphorism about posting a guard on the CCC DDD after the WWWs were stolen.
Book ?Trailed by his own guard, XXX took himself off to the YYY Project offices. He passed ZZZ guards on the EEE-FFF platform, in the building lobby, and at the corridor entrances to YYY's floors. XXX was put glumly in mind of an AAA BBB aphorism about posting a guard on the CCC DDD after the WWWs were stolen.
voralfred wrote:A (much)
longer quote :Book: KomarrTrailed by his own guard, XXX took himself off to the YYY Project offices. He passed ZZZ guards on the EEE-FFF platform, in the building lobby, and at the corridor entrances to YYY's floors. XXX was put glumly in mind of an AAA BBB aphorism about posting a guard on the CCC DDD after the WWWs were stolen.
XXX: Miles
AAA BBB: Old Vor
YYY: Terraforming Project
ZZZ: ImpSec
Bonus #1 : CCC DDD (a noun preceded by another noun that makes it more precise) and WWWs (a noun, plural) - picket line, horses
Bonus #2 : EEE-FFF (a composed noun containing a hyphen) bubble-car
Hint : EEE-FFF is not written in full since it would be too strong a hint to the series this book is a part of.
And yes, I know that a preposition is something you should not end a sentence with.
I have removed the original Bonus #1 (and renumbered Bonus #2 to add a new bonus), because the answer is essentially in the sentence I added before the original quote....
for the main question, 1/2 a for each of the two bonuses, and of course the new quote.Book?I'm an officer, not an actor.
The circumstance is easy.KarenHunt wrote:I'm an officer, not an actor.
E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:The circumstance is easy.KarenHunt wrote:I'm an officer, not an actor.
It sounds like Miles wants Ivan to pretend to be someone he's not.
But that's as far as I got, up to now.
KarenHunt wrote:Book?I'm an officer, not an actor. A brief clench of his jaw suggested to XXX that he was remembering he was neither, now.
speaker?
Bonus: What is this person being asked to do?
Karen Hunt
Book?“I am not putting on AAA’s clothes again,” said YYY, scowling.
XXX grinned, provokingly. “True, you did not make a very convincing BBB.”
"I'm an officer, not an actor." A brief clench of his jaw suggested to XXX that he was remembering he was neither, now.