Nil will be gradually going to everybody he can find and asking them some or all of these questions. Everybody he approaches is explicitly made free to answer as much or as little as they care to. They are also assured that he will not keep a record of who has given which specific answers - "Ishta won't hear about this", etc. He does not appear to be carrying any record-keeping material with him, so the tone is entirely conversational.
October 2006 Archives
Proposed improvements; the guy in the corner with the stick; sleeping arrangements; getting Ishta up to speed; ash and grease and orange muffins; promoting Ibaa; Ishta gives a lecture; “Not intentionally”; getting Nil up to speed; Mens and bugs; the mess in the trunk; Nil collapses; Sonata’s proxy; good news for father.
How to beat up Monkeys; chicken-hearts on twine; “none of your usual Wolfish jibber-jabber”; Nakni wanders; Inokhanglo naps; Sonata as a Monkey; a body for Ilba’s brother; to kill Mens, or not to kill him; Sonata returns; Circumsessor writes letters; Ishta’s dolls; a plan for Perdix; “Then follow me.”
Marzipan; “We’re not taking the trunk”; little birds descend; thinking it through; questioning Bubbles; passing the Monkey; et cetera.
The morning of the 14th; doling out dolls; scones for Gi; needing amber; the meeting about the meeting; the class of 422; “Except for every other mage I’ve ever met!”; Lætitia’s news; exiling Bubbles; the shortest council meeting; questioning Waakimbala; questioning Mens; the castle in the castle.
In which the months of Union, Wisdom, and Despair, 425, are summarily despatched.
In which the months of Symmetry, Isolation, Justice, Adversity, Sacrifice, and the 1st through 13th of Anticipation, 426, are summarily despatched.
