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Jan. 24th, 2011
You see, the next thing in the book just seemed ridiculous to me, and she wasn't explaining anything other than to say "This is when I met him" and "But I NEED her!"
"You don't need a Chinese wizard in 1810 New York. There were hardly any Chinese at all in North America at that time!"
"He's a wizard. He's on the run, and he had to save his family by getting them out of China. He teaches me about kudzu root."
Well...I don't want to give away too much, but of course he could get to America -- or London first, in this case -- in this book, and even if he's not a major player in this story, he might figure in. So I went poking around in some research, and lo and behold, China was beginning a horrifying famine in 1810 -- one that, over two, two-year periods, would kill 45 million people.
Yes, you read that correctly. So "Li Sung" (I think all practitioners except Allie's family use pseudonyms, and Esme's real name is not Esme!) has ample reason to be where he is right now.
Then there is the woman who is a cat.
"She may be the transformation teacher, but you don't learn anything about transformation in this book!"
"But she teaches me how to be a spy!'
"And her name can't be Abigail Brown, she must have become a practitioner in self-defense. She doesn't look like an Abigail."
"Her name is XXX."
"So she is Russian, or named for a Russian?"
"No, that's not her real name, either -- "
So now I am reading about Moldavia, and having Kira tell me she's left it all behind, ignore it -- but we all know your past marks you and can bite you when you aren't watching for it. So...I expect more progress on the book this week, now that I know what Allie is trying to tell me.
After the biscuits with teeth, why should anything surprise me?
"You don't need a Chinese wizard in 1810 New York. There were hardly any Chinese at all in North America at that time!"
"He's a wizard. He's on the run, and he had to save his family by getting them out of China. He teaches me about kudzu root."
Well...I don't want to give away too much, but of course he could get to America -- or London first, in this case -- in this book, and even if he's not a major player in this story, he might figure in. So I went poking around in some research, and lo and behold, China was beginning a horrifying famine in 1810 -- one that, over two, two-year periods, would kill 45 million people.
Yes, you read that correctly. So "Li Sung" (I think all practitioners except Allie's family use pseudonyms, and Esme's real name is not Esme!) has ample reason to be where he is right now.
Then there is the woman who is a cat.
"She may be the transformation teacher, but you don't learn anything about transformation in this book!"
"But she teaches me how to be a spy!'
"And her name can't be Abigail Brown, she must have become a practitioner in self-defense. She doesn't look like an Abigail."
"Her name is XXX."
"So she is Russian, or named for a Russian?"
"No, that's not her real name, either -- "
So now I am reading about Moldavia, and having Kira tell me she's left it all behind, ignore it -- but we all know your past marks you and can bite you when you aren't watching for it. So...I expect more progress on the book this week, now that I know what Allie is trying to tell me.
After the biscuits with teeth, why should anything surprise me?