Dear Magistrate and Inquisitor

OK, could one or the other of you please let me in on whether the Magistrate actually gets to see anything or not?? It's a wee bit crucial.

I mean, either the Magistrate sees what's in Mette's head in real time and the Inquisitor keeps some things from him, or he doesn't. If he doesn't, it means he's relying on what the Inquisitor tells him, which I have this feeling he wouldn't do.

This has big implications, people! Either the Throne and the Temple are working together, or they're not. Either the Inquisitor is one powerful, bad-ass bitch, or she's nothing but a liar.

Help me out here, boys 'n' girls, or things is gonna git ugly.

Fess up,
-WL

Dear Sigrun, Han woman with Red Sash and Assorted Other Hangers-On,

All y'all are very interesting. None o' y'all are actually in the outline.

Your little side show is tempting, I'll admit. But I am not going off on a wild goose chase that gets Mette stuck at the bottom of some big-ass plot hole without knowing how the bloody hell to get her out of it.

Besides. I want to meet the Magistrate. If you kidnap our girl, I don't see that happening. Instead, why don't you lovely ladies go do something uselful. Help Eirik or something.

'Course that means changing POV. And I said I wasn't gonna do that.

Rats. Rats, rats, rats.

Miffed,
-WL

Dear Sigrun,

Just where are you headed with this conversation, anyway?

I mean, I get it, OK - you and the Inquisitor are NOT the same person. Great. Cool. Freakin' fabulous and all that.

But here's the deal: I am the Bitch In Charge. And if you don't ante up and start letting me in on your actual purpose to the story, this whole dealio is getting highlighted and scheduled for the Executioner in December.

Clear enough for ya, dearie?
-WL

Dear Sigrun,

I don't know what you think you're doing showing up dressed like that and giving Mette ideas, but you can knock it the bloody hell off.

I can kill you. Remember that.

-WL

Dear Mette

Don't.

I'm serious. You take off with my carefully planned plot and head for East Bumfuck -- I will make you suffer.

Don't think I won't.

-WL

Dear Eirik’s Dad

So sorry you don’t have a name and probably aren’t going to get one. You’re really awesome. And I’m really sorry that you get executed. Especially like that. It’s really painful, I’m told.

But hey, on the bright side, you’re going to be a martyr!

Go you!
-WL

p.s. No, your name can’t be Luther. The Vikings didn’t have that name. I checked.

p.p.s. Didn’t I just get through telling you that you don’t get a name??!? Shit.

Dear cute little lamb that just went through the hole in the world

Stop being cute. Stop ‘shaking yourself’ and get on with getting caught by Eirik.

Thank you.
-WL