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We’re leaning towards a Xiphos-heavy middle of this act. Sorry, that’s how this story is flowing. We lost Nina, and that loss is what’s driving a good portion of the story, and since Nina was Xiphos’s girlfriend, Xiphos is going to be doing some grieving.

I suppose I don’t need to tell you.

Things I like in this section:

• Xiphos, even in mourning, can’t resist taking a jab at Billy when he says something close to an innuendo. Yes, that was a “That’s what she said,” joke in my story. I make no excuses or apologies.
• Xiphos and Billy’s closeness. It’s not fatherly, or brotherly, but it is a definite caring.

The point of this section is, more than anything, chance is a bitch. In this case, chance is named Gumes (Goo mez, if you prefer), which you may remember from the act break as being the Servant of Chance. Gumes is often used to explain why things happen. It wasn’t that Nina was killed, Gumes had no hand in that. But why was she there? Why did Xiphos hear things in the cargo bay when she did? How did she get Nina at the time she did? Why did Toby choose the cargo bay rather than the guest quarters? All of that is something Gumes would oversee. So Billy’s goal wasn’t to tell Xiphos that she should feel good about it, but rather his goal was to get her to talk about the incident.

Also, he did want to check up on her head injury. So it all works out.

As always, any questions or comments you have are totally welcome.

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