Interesting how all the cups, plates, and saucers are cracked.
Also, after the earlier instance of the book being ‘poisoned’, I’d be *most* suspicious of anything Aunt Ione was offering me until I was officially off the clock. And probably even after that.
It’s not like they can go to town and buy more dishes. Ione has an awesome plate-mending glue that probably tastes great even if it *does* kill you. Ione believes in 24/7 education.
Sort of off topic here. Bill and I just watched the first episode of Victorian Pharmacy with Ruth Goodman. She and some other scholar-types are reenacting a Victorian Pharmacy over forty years in four weeks.
It’s fascinating and I thought of Kit in her dungeon workshop when we watched carboys being filled with mysterious ingredients.
If my hands were made of metal, my teacups would be ground into fine dust by the end of week one. How much sensitivity do these vegfolk have in their telekinetic aftermarket appendages?
That’s an interesting question. The hospital has surgeons, the Inquisitors often need to interrogate prisoners skillfully without offing them, and a careful pour is needed for serving drinks at Inns.
There is an adjustment period, so if you find yourself with metal hands as a result of a nuclear incident or an unknown side-effect of a mystery medication, you might want to go carefully with the teacups and computer repair.
Tempest in a Teardrop: The Churchians 
Interesting how all the cups, plates, and saucers are cracked.
Also, after the earlier instance of the book being ‘poisoned’, I’d be *most* suspicious of anything Aunt Ione was offering me until I was officially off the clock. And probably even after that.
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It’s not like they can go to town and buy more dishes. Ione has an awesome plate-mending glue that probably tastes great even if it *does* kill you. Ione believes in 24/7 education.
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I thought the cracked dishware was interesting too. They’re a marker of using what you have, keeping it going, and not buying what you don’t need.
You remember:
Use it up
Wear it out
Make it do
Or do without.
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I like the cracked dishes. Reminds me of home.
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Sort of off topic here. Bill and I just watched the first episode of Victorian Pharmacy with Ruth Goodman. She and some other scholar-types are reenacting a Victorian Pharmacy over forty years in four weeks.
It’s fascinating and I thought of Kit in her dungeon workshop when we watched carboys being filled with mysterious ingredients.
You might find it interesting.
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We’ll look it up.
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If my hands were made of metal, my teacups would be ground into fine dust by the end of week one. How much sensitivity do these vegfolk have in their telekinetic aftermarket appendages?
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That’s an interesting question. The hospital has surgeons, the Inquisitors often need to interrogate prisoners skillfully without offing them, and a careful pour is needed for serving drinks at Inns.
There is an adjustment period, so if you find yourself with metal hands as a result of a nuclear incident or an unknown side-effect of a mystery medication, you might want to go carefully with the teacups and computer repair.
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To quote Twist, “Yet another reason to sta nd clear of the fool things.”
Like any other cyborg enhancement, it takes time for the brain to adjust. And of course, the more expensive the device the better it works.
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I imagine the process for attaching them is first boring and then riviting.
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Nooooooooooo.
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