Glad you liked my contribution to the Dream Kingdom; I wasn't entirely sure what you were expecting to happen to Nystor so if you really need him alive there's just enough wiggle room in there to bring him back. I ended up making Josh the disguised Prince because he's seemed to fit into the world more easily from the beginning while the other two have been much more active and curious about learning about it, and this helps explain that. Plus I think Dylan deserves to the be the hero in all this :)
The placebo Every day he found some time to train, Muttering grimly "No pain, no gain." On the operating table he was muttering the same, So they gave him a placebo.
Greg - I thought that Josh made a lot of sense, for the reasons you gave here. As for what I had in mind - at best (as in, for Nystor to be a relatively good guy) he was there to trade the prince for his king because he didn't believe in the Islanders nonsense about the world ending. At worst, he was there to trade the prince for some monetary or rank reward.
And I did notice you left open the option for a dramatic return to life for Nystor. Not sure I'll act on it, but it's nice to have as an option while I'm figuring out what comes next.
That final line is a killer. I especially like the way it breaks the rhyme scheme the preceding three lines established. Nicely done :D
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Glad you liked my contribution to the Dream Kingdom; I wasn't entirely sure what you were expecting to happen to Nystor so if you really need him alive there's just enough wiggle room in there to bring him back. I ended up making Josh the disguised Prince because he's seemed to fit into the world more easily from the beginning while the other two have been much more active and curious about learning about it, and this helps explain that. Plus I think Dylan deserves to the be the hero in all this :)
The placebo
Every day he found some time to train,
Muttering grimly "No pain, no gain."
On the operating table he was muttering the same,
So they gave him a placebo.
Greg - I thought that Josh made a lot of sense, for the reasons you gave here. As for what I had in mind - at best (as in, for Nystor to be a relatively good guy) he was there to trade the prince for his king because he didn't believe in the Islanders nonsense about the world ending. At worst, he was there to trade the prince for some monetary or rank reward.
And I did notice you left open the option for a dramatic return to life for Nystor. Not sure I'll act on it, but it's nice to have as an option while I'm figuring out what comes next.
That final line is a killer. I especially like the way it breaks the rhyme scheme the preceding three lines established. Nicely done :D
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