AEG: Cassie in love

Dave Tallman · 04 Jan 2009, 12:38 · from 2009-January.txt.gz

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From: davetallman at msn.com (Dave Tallman)
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:38:35 -0700
Subject: (urth) AEG: Cassie in love
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Mo Holkar wrote:
> But not a land where one can conduct personal vendettas -- that's the 
> point I was trying (rather unclearly) to make. When she arrives there 
> Cassie will have to accept things as they are, not hope to try and 
> influence them.
>   
Mortals can kill other mortals in Fairyland; Hwan Lee shot Jose Balanco 
in "Castleview." Mortals can also kill monsters there; Able killed 
Grengarm in "The Knight."

On the other hand, I don't really believe the vendetta theory. My 
assessment is that Gideon Chase isn't on the side of Chtulhu. The winged 
Death's Visitors seem to be his allies (one appears to assist in 
Cassie's transformation on p. 43: "Behind him: great, dark wings.") The 
creatures warn Cassie about the Squid God and save her life. They tell 
her "Trust those who love you... Only them" (p. 235). That seems to mean 
to trust only them, along with Bill Reis and Gideon Chase.

Reis seems to have brought his troubles on himself. Chase didn't make 
him set the Navy on the Storm King. His only responsibility is that Reis 
wouldn't have loved Cassie (and wanted to attack those who endangered 
her) without Chase's help. Cassie surely cannot want revenge for that.

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