Old Habits Die Hard Part Five, New habits? Or just old ones recycled? Options

[haute ecole rider]

It's now time to start a new thread for Julian of Anvil. Now that she returns to her hometown, it's rather appropriate to start a new thread to celebrate!

Thanks to all who have read and posted input on Julian's story.

For those coming in late, if you've got the time, here are links to the previous threads:

Chapters One through Seven
Chapters Eight through Thirteen
Chapters Fourteen through Eighteen
Chapters Nineteen through Twenty-two

I hope you continue to enjoy this story as Julian works toward the inevitable conclusion!

[Acadian]

Congratulations on the new thread! Julian is like the Everready Bunny! Well, not exactly. I mean, we still need to find her a fella and all, but as far as crankin' out pages of goodness, woohoo!

I think it was probably me that has noted how effectively you can start a story in the middle then catch up, even as Julian moves ahead. As SubRosa said, another fine example of that here.

I was greatly saddened at the loss of a Sister of the Black Horse and her steed. There was no doubt that gate so close to the road had to be closed.

I'm with SubRosa again in enjoying Julian's thoughts about sigil stones. She certainly has handled enough of them to speak with authority!

“We worked together on it,” I replied. He fulfilled the same purpose Mazoga did in Leyawiin.'
Julian's inherent goodness and understated tack shines brilliantly. We know perfectly well why she left Mazoga and, just recently, the Legion soldier outside the gates.

'My heart twinged at his words. If not for those goblins thirty years ago, the man standing before me repairing my cuirass would have been my brother. But if not for those goblins, I would never have joined the Legion. So my brother would not be repairing a cuirass for me. If not for the goblins, who would be following the path I have followed these past few months?'
As I think it was Jauffre told Julian, something about the futility of coulda, woulda, shoulda. . . . How delicately you tease us with Julian's past in the latter portions of this episode.

This post has been edited by Acadian: Feb 5 2011, 01:19 AM