No trouble with PW's wards, then? Not that I expected there would be -- he does seem charmingly innocent as to the depth of the swamp he has stumbled into. Difficult to believe he would still be after so long with a ringside seat for our machinations, but then again, if he was stupid enough to announce his opening gambits to the entire readership of the Prophet, he's certainly stupid enough to have missed the fact he is on his own now.
The package for TN -- assuming it's one of Corde's decorative knots, which design did you choose? (Suspect I can guess, am curious if my instinct is accurate.)
Not that I believe you likely to succumb to such fallacy, but do not underestimate Hydra; the more I see of her, the more I see hints of steel hiding beneath that biddability, and I have not yet worked out what reliably causes it to surface. With a lifetime of Bella standing over her it is not surprising she has learned to keep her own counsel -- Bella's shadow looms large, and will for many years to come -- but I've the feeling she may surprise us all, someday.
And yes, F-F and I have set a standing appointment for the remainder of the summer. He's interning with IMR this summer, and Pontner was happy to let me have him Thursday mornings in exchange for some help with the Morocco situation, since I've some contacts there that I know through my Mastery with the Cairo Conclave. His showing last Sunday was respectable enough if undistinguished, but on Thursday morning two people made it a point of stopping us in the dining room after to compliment me (and him, of course) on the strength of his performance. He overthinks things dreadfully at the start, but once the spells start flying, intinct takes over soon enough.
(Mock my habit of luring them in with the library all you want: presenting matters as an intellectual exercise at first has allowed me to wear down those tedious scruples of his with great success. And I cannot say for certain, of course, but something -- watching his classmates being welcomed into Our Lord's service, perhaps -- seems to have lit a fire beneath him; I am actually beginning to ponder some form of less-controlled fieldwork for later in the summer.)
I remain undigested. Unfortunately, I also remain unsuccessful: none of our theories are proving fruitful.
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Date: 2014-07-11 04:04 pm (UTC)The package for TN -- assuming it's one of Corde's decorative knots, which design did you choose? (Suspect I can guess, am curious if my instinct is accurate.)
Not that I believe you likely to succumb to such fallacy, but do not underestimate Hydra; the more I see of her, the more I see hints of steel hiding beneath that biddability, and I have not yet worked out what reliably causes it to surface. With a lifetime of Bella standing over her it is not surprising she has learned to keep her own counsel -- Bella's shadow looms large, and will for many years to come -- but I've the feeling she may surprise us all, someday.
And yes, F-F and I have set a standing appointment for the remainder of the summer. He's interning with IMR this summer, and Pontner was happy to let me have him Thursday mornings in exchange for some help with the Morocco situation, since I've some contacts there that I know through my Mastery with the Cairo Conclave. His showing last Sunday was respectable enough if undistinguished, but on Thursday morning two people made it a point of stopping us in the dining room after to compliment me (and him, of course) on the strength of his performance. He overthinks things dreadfully at the start, but once the spells start flying, intinct takes over soon enough.
(Mock my habit of luring them in with the library all you want: presenting matters as an intellectual exercise at first has allowed me to wear down those tedious scruples of his with great success. And I cannot say for certain, of course, but something -- watching his classmates being welcomed into Our Lord's service, perhaps -- seems to have lit a fire beneath him; I am actually beginning to ponder some form of less-controlled fieldwork for later in the summer.)
I remain undigested. Unfortunately, I also remain unsuccessful: none of our theories are proving fruitful.