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Helissent looks at him. Then she sighs. She puts a hand on his face. She runs it down to his hand and squeezes it.
“I will come with you,” she says. “If you like.”
“No,” he says.
He pushes her gently away. Then he gives her a rictus of a grin.
He is thinking: what is the worst that can happen? If he kills me then I cannot be eaten by Fenris Wolf.
He goes out.
Joffun looks up at him. Joffun makes a hmph noise and looks back down.
Mr. Gulley sits down against the opposite pillar of the bridge.
He says, “So.”
“Thief,” mutters Joffun.
Mr. Gulley picks up a pebble. He tosses it. It clonks off of Joffun’s shoulder and falls down. Joffun looks up in outrage.
Mr. Gulley grins.
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I have this odd feeling now that Mr. Gulley is being played by Martin.
Haha!
That’s a kind of Martin move, isn’t it?
Formally, when he became Mr. Gulley, the law of conservation of titles meant that he started being played by Mr. Schiff. But that’s a bigger picture thing; it’s possible that Martin had to sub in for him for a scene. You know those actors!
(The cast so far is probably:
Broderick . . . as Fenris
Claire . . . as jaguar Yohl
Emily . . . as herself
Jane . . . as jaguar Chan, farmer Hans, and herself
John . . . as Joffun
Martin . . . as Eldri, a little wooden boy, an exceptionally sharp goat, and himself
Max . . . as Drake Steverns (man of legend) and Vaenwode
Meredith . . . as Aubrid, Brygmir, Helissent Hobson, and jaguar Ixchel
Mr. Schiff . . . as Ahpop-Achi, Hunyg, Mochcuoh, Mr. Enemy, Mr. Gulley, and Space’s Wicked God
Mrs. Schiff . . . as Ms. Dalca, Princess Anthology, and the narration (when not performed by Jane)
Saul . . . as jaguar Bahlum, Gunfrid, Pacal, the warlord Thon-Gul X
Sid . . . as the nithrid (with assistance from Meredith), and the seraph.