Back at Bourani. That Nicko guy is messed up.
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because I don’t care about all the lovely flowers that Nicholas and Alison see on that stupid mountainside (la la la, la la la).
Oi! Shut up about it and hike your butts back to Bourani!
hmph. The Magus is teasing me. Like Nicholas, I am not sure if I like it or not.
After a beginning that felt a bit too heavy with details, around page 130, the story clinched me. And as get to the meat, I realize that the seemingly tediously-long lead-in is probably going to be brilliant purposeful, later.

