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Sette's desperate enough to get him back in control that she's laying out some pretty big secrets here. But she's terrified of that stupid giant crow, and her every instinct is screaming at her that once she shows up, the game is over.I know Duane is acting a damn fool but man, he is being pulled in a hundred different directions and he feels like everyone's little bitch. If nothing else, Sessine made him feel like he could make a difference in the world; that he hasn't been through hell for nothing. But Sette has never made him feel like anything but a manipulated moron, and he feels that very keenly now, after seeing all her sudden abilities.He doesn't know what to do! So he clings to what he DOES know, and it's all ugly, petty, small, and hateful.The shrine's lessons would matter a lot more if he hadn't met Lemuel up on that roof. Not only has Mikaila's survival completely unmoored him, but Lemuel's chastisements and rejection shook him to his core. Well, he can do THIS. He can make sure that bitch dies.Everyone's a mess! :D

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Fitzy

Bro's clutching that coat like a security blanket for a solid chunk of this chapter. It's so frustrating but IDK what you tell somebody when their worldview has been upended within the last 24 hours and they haven't had a chance to stop and unpack that

Michael Stakely

Bringing up Bastion being with them probably makes things worse for her argument; for Duane, that just deepens the Queen's involvement in all his suffering.

Blue

Lady I is the world's most toxic monster gf. And yes, yes, put it all on the table. Tell the truth, everything, leave no stone unturned. And god damn Duane. I feel so bad for Duane. It's like his life is not his own anymore.

Stillpoint

Much depends on Duane being the man he has always been. Surely, surely, he reassures himself, he must be the protagonist in all this, surely this all is still about him, surely he is the one who is special, his is the pain that has meaning.

The Clag

I hunger for more and every page makes it worse, but I don't want it to end because I know it'll be a long wait for the next book. YEARS OF MYSTERIES ARE PILING UP.

Plucky Pariah

The refusal to believe himself a pawn in someone else's schemes is all too real. Duane please come to your better senses!!

Rifter

Damn, Duane basically just calling Chea collateral damage. He can't even hear himself through his own rage... He speaks of coincidences. What COINCIDENCE that the queen is laid right before him on the big screen so he can get his much desired revenge eh? He's so painfully deluded right now.

BansheeClause

Banger page after banger page. God, i feel duane here. and I'm so proud of sette for managing to be so moral- Matty being her friend through so much, Jivi working to be her friend, Sara helping her out, Knock showing Sette bits of respect- they all come together to help her decide to save people here

CD

I DO love their little moral switcheroo ;^; Sette's willingness to defend a sense of right her Da would not approve of is wonderful to see. And though I understand the urge to wallop Duane with a rolled newspaper, it's also like... man, he was calling Sette out quite pointedly in chapters 1 and 3, and the lies and manipulations STILL haven't stopped, you know? The queen's been his personal Etalarche this whole time. It's heartwrenching to see him struggle and fail so, but it's not a shocker either. I'm truly looking forward to seeing how the emotional flow goes on a full reread ovo

Madison

Ah, she only bid you do what you already wanted to do? Just like the paladins, just like Lemuel… much relies on you being the man you have always been….

Old Coal Soul

Poor, poor Duane. So mired in old mistakes and tragedies, blinded by them, *defined* by them - he mints new tragedies to numb his pain. But all anesthetics are temporary, old boy. And until he can confront that pain, permit it to pass through him, and let go - he shall wake up to a hell of his own making.

Rion Boom Crabhands Keon

Sette, you just gotta accept that Sessine is better at pushing around her goons than you.

Rogbull

He couldn't stay away from big Sessine even if he wanted to. She pretty much owns the place he's stuck in half of the day. One has to really pity Duane in all this, even if he's being a jerk.