The Twilight Mexican
Ex-SeeD-ingly good
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- TresDias
Wow. Nice!
Wait so you have chapter 2-6 is there anyway I could please please have access to those. I've been waiting years.Here's a little preview of Chapter 6 of the audiobook version, featuring Kyrie and Tyran Arde.
https://soundcloud.com/josephknight84%2Fchapter-6-preview
I guess tumbling off the slopes at Icicle Inn and rolling for hours didn't agree with her.I know this thread hasn't been touched in a while, but I was reading this book again yesterday and this one part always seemed odd to me. Well, maybe not odd, but more like I maybe don't understand what is being referenced? Its this paragraph from chapter 35 where Red XIII has just brought Kyrie to Junon. Tseng and Elena are there and Tseng tells Elena to go see what is happening. Here's the paragraph:
"Go look." Tseng smiled wryly behind his subordinate, as she stood up and left. Her legs, visible below the hem of her light dress, were covered in scars. Anyone who became a Turk was a Turk for life. Even those who were pursuing other interests could be mobilized with a single phone call. Tseng sighed, musing that what he did might be cruel.
The two questions I have here are: 1) Why are Elena's legs covered in scars? Did something happen to her that I'm just forgetting about? And 2) “Tseng sighed, musing that what he did might be cruel.” What did he do that was cruel (outside of typical bad guy Turk stuff)? The first time I read it I thought it was in reference to Elena's scars, like maybe he caused them? But I don't think that's right...
I know these are minor details, but I get caught up on it every time I read it. So... Thoughts anyone????
Tseng watched his operative go with a wry smile. Below the hem of her sundress, old scars marked her legs. Once you joined the Turks, you were in for life. Even those who tried to get out and build new lives could be summoned back with a single phone call. Maybe it was a cruel call to make, Tseng thought, and he sighed.
That translation is clearer to understand. Thanks for sharing!My copy of the book (I bought the official English translation for cheap on ebay a couple months ago) has slightly different text for that paragraph.
To me, it reads like Tseng believes that summoning back the former Turks is what is cruel.
Not usually.... and I assume that the official translators had the ability to actually chat with the writers to disambiguate.
"Tseng, do you know a doctor in Junon named Dmitri?" asked Elena.
"Yes -- you've met him, too. In Under Junon."