Chapter 55
Kote waits to see how the crowd responds. They loved it.
Looks like Kote will be getting his pipes after all.
Chapter 56
Kote gets his pipes from Stanchion. He has a celebratory drink
with his friends. Stanchion gives him a congratulatory drink of something
called metheglin. The others talk about how Ambrose left suddenly during his
song with shaking chills, and Kote realizes he used sympathy to break the
string. A patron comes over and donates 7 talents to him, so now he is out of
financial straits. Kote looks all over the room but can't find the woman who
helped him by singing the part of Aloine. He's about to give up we he sees her
...
Okay, Kote's coming off a little naive for not immediately
suspecting Ambrose of breaking his string. I'm sure a reckoning is coming
between those two. Enjoyed him finally getting to celebrate with his friends
and getting some money to keep him in school and out of debt for a little
bit.
Chapter 57
Back at the inn, Bast and Kote go back and forth about how
to describe the mystery woman. Bast, it turns out, has met her. Bast points out
that some of her features were not perfect, but both agree she is more than the
sum of her parts. Kote tries to describe her, is dissatisfied, and ends up
tearing out the bit Chronicler had written and describes her more quickly with
less flowery speech. Dark hair, oval face, beautiful.
Come oooooonnnn! Could we draw it out any more? Was fun to get
Bast's input on the situation here - one senses he's getting as impatient as we
are, even though he's met the mystery lady.
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