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This chapter reminds me of "you have to meet people where they are." But also "where the vets are is at the clinic, so you should go there if your dog is injured." I guess it hasn't been very long.
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It feels like maybe an audio-reader rendered Hosea as José.
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Tommy seemed open to the point of curious last time we saw him. Jonah would be an exceptionally safe try-out for Tommy as he's unknown to anyone else in town. Not quite like what Jonah asked for at the pool, but I can see them having a moment.
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The timestamps really built up the suspense. Powerful. I just picked up on the symbolism of the "supper for ten" already laid out. That wasn't a throwaway line about the caterers, was it?
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I feel Small Fry would be an outstanding therapy dog.
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That's awful from (presumably) Marcus' parents, but excellent that Joshua and Marcus are at home with dinner for ten on hand and the thought to call Dr Fenton already on their minds. I guess Elisha turned the wrong way when he went to look for Fry, or perhaps it just slipped our careless (or cruel?) author's mind to give us a 4:45 update on two of the main characters.
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Elisha's speech made me think of "I am human, so nothing human is alien to me." His planned Jesus-speech was predictable and would have fallen flat, but talking about Small Fry made real human connections. I've known that quotation for a long time, and always kinda assumed it was biblical, but I see on looking it up that it's Terence. Hosea wouldn't have much time for Terence, I expect, but his zealotry is quite human. It makes him a very distinct kind of villain from the Jack of Spades, who never thought about making any claim to righteousness.
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Eli's taken a good step towards humanity there, with his speech. Hosea planning for a nice camping trip was a humanizing nuance for him as well. He's still monstrous, but that adds an interesting plausibility to Hosea's righteousness. It was Marcus that met Small Fry, and Joshua in the BMW, so Joshua is a bit further from knowing enough to act. And uh-oh, Joshua and Marcus are going to be out tonight when Elisha and Fry are going to be facing up to a cold night and a newly padlocked shed.
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Marcus considers Joshua to be "filthy rich" with his family money. Whether that's from Grandpa Motts or from John isn't clear, but enough money to pay the bills and have the nice house by the lake is giving Joshua some independence at least. Paying all the bills isn't all John should have done, but it does count as a redeeming feature for me.
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Nice introductions and hints of how the threads will weave, but plenty of options and suspense to come as well. I'm a bit intrigued that there's no hint here that Joshua or Marcus are thinking much about the Liberty Academy Thanksgiving, and what Liberty potentially offered them and might be able to offer Eli. And interesting but saddening that there seems to have been no changes (maybe just no changes that Joshua knows about) in the John Renkin story arc. Which seems a bit tragic. Earlier in his life John really was trapped with no good options, but that's not the case anymore.
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It's an irrational number and it goes on being irrational without any limit. And so is Joel. We've been over this, Krista.
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Chapter 5: Will, Liam, and Willz, 2am
Mattyboy commented on astroguy's story chapter in Chapter 5: Will, Liam, and Willz, 2am
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Jonah would have loved the job of getting Jack into the shower. I thought that was coming, but story stayed on the tracks instead. Oh well. And yay for Jonah and Christian.
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MLB players have used ٢ (Johnny Neves) and 1/8 (Eddie Gaedel) in the past, and 0 is in use. 17 is taken, and all other cardinal numbers are rational numbers.
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Perhaps the Joel can apply for the number π . It's rarely used and embodies his personality.
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"“I won’t run off again,” I snapped . . . “I know it was a stupid thing to do;" HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA "Settling in, I sighed wishing I fucking knew what I wanted. " Sigh, I wish Joel knew what he wanted too. That's slightly positive about Cody and the cake.
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Ooh dungeon! Brian might like that
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Yeah going home was a slightly weird and dangerous choice, if they were willing to attack in a public school, they'll attack the house. A random-but-not-nearby hotel might have been safer.
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As awful as all of that was, it's excellent that it's all out in the open and that Nick wasn't the agent of any of that. Nick, as Mom said, was there for him and helped him, but no confidences were broken, and the "Jack needs therapy" thing just moved up to the top of everybody's to-do lists. (also very good with Tommy, but discussion has veered away from that sub-plot)
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I'm really enjoying the mashup of "the whole Mexican James Bond thing” and the Merrickville mayhem crew.
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no edit: sorry Scrubber, it's a no, even if she titles it "The Dumbest Year"
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Hopefully Trace and Celia are told by Gavin before dinner today. Celia needs to tell Mrs Reynart that surprise "This Is Your Life" appearances from Temptonians aren't fun for him (and might be actively dangerous). And maybe something can be done about therapist appts.
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Lorianne seems to be a pretty alright person to eat lunch with. Joel may not know what team he wants to bat for, but it feels unlikely he'd harass Rissa in a way that would annoy her. Might make a nice little friend group, actually.
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Re privacy - I don't think we know much about how Alex's pad may be monitored by El Coyote, and may be surveilled by Agridyne soon. Alex may need to do a lot to maintain cover. Kyle was a fucking dope to dump his cinnamon-roll Giraffe Daddy, so there's no telling at this point how many cards were left on that table, but possibly a lot. (Well, perhaps Topher will tell us, but us peanut-gallery-grade readers don't have anything to go on).
