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A big, fat, very somber update.I said a while ago that everything you needed to figure out Lemuel's scheme was right there in his introductory chapter, and I still think that's true. From his weird statement to Duane that HE would fix it, to his sudden disinterest in romance, to his invitation to Mickie to be there at the temple that day, to that single tear he shed when Duane left - it's really all there.But I noticed it wasn't until he talked of "glory" a few pages ago that people started to clue in to what it all meant. So my apologies if his intention in all this comes off rather sudden.Now, the fallout of this murder - whether it was a mistake or not - and the conditions that caused it, are all the subject matter of the next series. There is a LOT going on in Alderode. For Unsounded's story, however, we're through now with the Adeliers. There are a lot of illusions, now, that Duane simply can no longer hold.