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While the mermaids are legally protected, it is the season for Manatee observation.

Why? It's easier to conjure another than to catch the one returning back. Well, he DID hoped they will actually kill Adrian ... but he likes his money and might not believe vampires will be able to work together effectively anyway. As if anybody would try to interrogate vampire. He told Big Mouth he had magic. Apparently he thinks he has enough. Of course, he might not know he's taking on an elf wizard with at least three centuries of experience, trained by an Immortal mother for who knows how long. Probably at least three centuries. I think Pandora is sure she taught him everything she can.

Both of these earn my seal of approval...

My thinking is that in the 18th and 19th centuries, magic could do similar things to the inventions made in those centuries in our world, and as such many of those inventions were never made or never became well known. As a result of this the technological growth of this alternate world was stunted, and they're still decades or more away from developing the miniturized electronics required for cell phones (and PCs for that matter) - assuming anyone has thought to research such things at all. For instance, if they already possessed a magical means of two-way audio & video communication (something which has to be set up in specific locations and cannot easily be moved, like say a pool with runes carved into its stone walls), they might not have invented the electric telegraph or land-line telephones. And if they could light their homes with magic lanterns instead of oil or gas based lanterns, there might not be any incentive to build an electrical grid. And so on. ...It occurs to me this is a lot of speculation built on the facts that we weren't told that Magus took Ashley's phone, and we haven't seen any modern technology in the brief flashbacks we've had to Magus world. I still stand by my claim that my scenario is possible, but knowing Dan it's more likely Magus world has modern tech and either Magus and Sirleck did take Ashley's phone and we don't know it yet, or they simply forgot. (We could even wind up with a scene of "I thought you took her phone!" "No, you were supposed to do that!")

Well, wait for Susan to go through some upgrades to her spell, and perhaps she'll get closer to Mjolnir. Argh, a smart villain. Yeah, he was definitely already shaping up to be the one to watch out for. He seems to have opted for a more low key aspect of Aberration-hood, and also seems more concerned with tactics and evaluating his enemy. I am concerned as to how his monsterness will manifest, given how calmly he threatened the big beast aberration. He is disdainful of fancy magic; he could have something more straightforward but potentially very dangerous, stealth and speed for example.

I replaced the "gamer's mouse" that can with Godzilla, my Linux box, with a Microsoft mouse. Left clicks work every time now.

My vote is overconfident.

I think Thor was supposed to use special gloves called Greipner, because the hammer is white-hot when it returns--after all, it's basically a bolt of lightning.

Manatee season!

ELMER SEASON!

The Prof intended no harm. He was merely gently ribbing me in response to the dart I aimed at the good people who delight in discussing food on these forums.

And there's always the classic, "I am a figment of my own imagination."

My phone's "I am running out of power" noise scares the cat. This is only important if she is sitting in my lap. Which she was. Off to clean some wounds.