Thorn: Maybe . . . this is a good time to find out if I can talk about what happened. I don’t know where to start . . .
Leif: Will it help if I ask a question? Did the, um, fire hit you from the left, or from above? I found people saying both.
Thorn: Oh — it was from all sides. Well, except for under my feet.
Leif: How . . . ?
Thorn: Think about it . . . a dragon has the same, um, parts as any other animal. You can kill it if you hit it in the heart, lungs, or brain.
This one was so big — Our heartswords could never go deep enough to reach the heart or lungs. We planned to kill it with magic . . . then it burned up all our mages.
I only had one chance. If I could stab it through the . . . I don’t know the word. Can I show you?
Leif: S-sure.
[SMOOCH!]
Leif: That part’s called the “soft palate.” I think. Maybe you should show me again.
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And now I ask about the system Ceannis has to prevent/counteract something like this and where specifically it fell apart in this situation.
Specifically, the leader of the mages’ team made an overconfident call, and nobody else had the authority to override him.
…He actually lived through it, and we’ve seen him in a previous strip, where Thorn reacted badly but avoided saying why.
Oh I meant why no one could stop the dragon before it got to this point. I got from Thorn’s reaction that Cornelius was the ranking officer of that situation. Though I didn’t know he was also in the cave, so I will give him credit for having the balls to go in.
Never said he was in the cave…
Crannies doesn’t have a system to prevent nature from being nature, only systems to deal with the results.
Wait a second, the dragon was in a cave?
…. Serious suggestion: Why not just block the entrance to the cave or collapse the roof? Seems much safer to me…
That discussion has been had before. TL;DR “The amount of material to bring down on it is limited, and could turn into a rockslide that does more damage to everything *but* the dragon.”
Took me forever to find this reference.
http://leifandthorn.com/comic/an-incredibly-platonic-storyline-3564/
… to continue discussion from http://leifandthorn.com/comic/no-moss-12-40/
1) Had Marula any knowledge which would allow her to determine the water mages will fail, or was she just generally unsatisfied with the fact that all the knights were supposed to be just distraction and that the plan relied on mages?
2) I see Thorn’s attack was totally improvisation having nothing to do with original plan. Although the plan MIGHT still be good – maybe it would work if they just brought better mages, like Ivy … I mean, Ivy how she will be in five years, not Ivy how she was back then.
3) Conflicted feelings about the person who came out with that plan not being dead considering it’s Ivy’s grandpa. Didn’t caught that before.
Marula had no extra knowledge that the rest of the knights weren’t privy to. She was just the least willing to put herself at probably-fatal risk.
… I see the compulsions have few holes. Although I suspect if Thorn really tries it again Leif will be electrocuted.
I’m sure Thorn COULD just say “top of the mouth” or something.
I’m loving this storyline. It provides exposition, character development, and cuteness.
Sheesh, Thorn, surely there was a less invasive way to show him. I get that he liked it but compulsions don’t care about whether he liked it or not.
No, as far as I remember the compulsions care about whether Leif verbally consents or physically leans into the kiss.
Deeps take me was I wrong on this… Thorn was about as far from cowardice as I can imagine in that moment.
Still a good callback to keep in mind during the current storyline!
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