Posted July 31, 2017 at 1:00 am

- Magus standing ready between Ellen and Elliot

- Relatively recent recap on Magus full of references in commentary

This entire page had not been planned, for I had mostly chosen the FV5 beam for the very reasons Pandora provides. Tedd carefully designed the beam herself, indulging several ideas of hers that she never really intended for anyone else finding out about, and she is very familiar with it. With the added wrinkle of adjusting clothing size, it's a natural choice for the next thing to try.

Readers eager to not miss any schemes or treachery, however, noted that the FV5 beam, cast as a spell, was something desired by Magus. Pandora formerly working with Magus, this was seen as a cause for concern.

This was not my intention. Everything that has been shown thus far, including Pandora's inner thoughts and the motivations we know her to have regarding family, suggest she is on the level with Tedd, and I did not wish to cast doubt on that. This became something that needed to be addressed.

Fortunately, we now also have a reminder of Magus's objective of being in the path of Ellen's beam as it is being fired at Elliot (yay), and I get to lampshade the heck out of Grace and Mr. Verres sleeping through all of this.

Granted, it's not that strange that they'd sleep through it given a couple of floors between the sounds and the people sleeping in a house they're comfortable in, but people have commented on it.

- EGS:NP