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🕑 Added 2020-07-15 04:06:36 +0000 UTCSmooth work there, Miss Frummagem.
You know, I must have written this scene a dozen times. It was always either too explicit, or too vague. I'm still not sure I struck the correct balance.
Sette's obviously *moved* Duane's thoughts - or his heart, if you like - but to what extent and with what amount of success is not clear. He still seems like himself, but "You make no sense!" he said. She's muddled him, distracted him, dominated him.
This isn't prose, I can't describe in the comic what his state of mind is like at the moment, and I'm not a fan of him verbalizing: "I'm so confused, none of this feels right" again and again, particularly through the upcoming scene. But that's where he is right now. He knows this isn't right, but doing anything about it feels beyond his capabilities at present. And part of him distantly knows that Sette is to blame, as he makes clear here in the last panel.
But! She doesn't care. She's going to get what she wants. At least temporarily.
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Her last line is just beautiful. I'm saving it for its many real-life uses. As for the narrative... Well, this is why stories (those written for adults) about children with "powers" are nearly always horror stories.always
The Apprentice
Hah! I was thinking more the opposite of "charismatic leadership"--- that human condition where people suborn their logic and sense of self to follow the leader no matter what.
Ashley
Sette did say it smelled like pain, so that's not a bad guess. Not sure about concentrated "submission" though. That's a kinky idea, sir!
The Apprentice
Is it too spoilery to ask if "the gizmo" is based around the concentrated elixirs Delicieu would create? You said it wasn't a pymaric, so maybe concentrated "submission" by Bastion?
