Date posted: 2024/09/18
Link: https://x.com/KDEdwards_NC/status/1836452083605848214
Additional comments: #tarotsequenceweekend plus three days.... A mini-scene from TMC (or a standalone cut-out story). There's a big "healing and talking" vibe to the book, along with the adventure. I'm really enjoying it.
Snippet:
"But," Addam said, still laughing. He shifted his weight in the plastic beach chair, pulling his boots away from the campfire. "But little Rune must have been very good with fireballs, no?"
"The thing is," Brand said, and took another very long swig of beer. "No problem with fire. Pure natural. He was setting fires in the crib. But a good fireball implies, well, throwing."
"Give me your beer," I said.
"His, let's call it, athletic development started later," Brand added.
Addam may have laughed along with everyone else, but he caught my flat expression and said, "Now say something good about Rune, Brandon. What's one of his secret strengths?"
I thought to myself, You can't just give Brand a leading question like that, but rather than stage a cutting reply, Brand said, quite seriously, "His intuition. I may joke about him always betting our actual souls on a hunch---"
"When have I ever---"
"But," he said louder, "his intuition is solid. How he puts pieces together? He makes these scary-accurate intuitive leaps sometimes." He flicked his eyes to me. "He doesn't get enough credit for that. He's got the gut instinct of a Companion."