I used to work in HVAC. I remember we had a small cold room that was struggling to maintain temperature, as in, design was supposed to be 0°F but it couldn’t get below 36°F. There was a large hole in the box that was undoubtedly the cause of the problem, so I asked the installer how they accounted for that. “Oh, I doubled the infiltration value.” When I tried calculating the actual losses it was way, way higher than the infiltration value. Like, the room needed someting like 3-4 times its total refrigeration capacity to reach target with a giant fucking hole in the box.

No idea who thought putting a giant hole in the box was a good idea.

Was your revenge worth it, Arno? He did not care who he hurt in order to hurt Fran. Fran, who had no say in what was done to him. Fuck Arno.

Good.

Judge Judy. I like this modification of the phrase.

Personally, I really, really, really wish we had a viable third party candidate. I don’t want either of these fucks in office.

Raublut screwed over Hildebrand pretty hard. Were we ever told why he encouraged Hildebrand to get his schtappe?

The purpose of a system is what it does.

I have some in my closet. They’re still good, I checked them yesterday!

Myne’s copy and paste spell demonstrates how it is perfect for this competition.

Myne kept Ferdinand’s mana colors for quite a while after being dyed. I wonder if she’ll keep the Goddess’s mana colors now? She no longer has mana clumps, but maybe? Does that mean she’ll appear to be more divine to others?

I think it was “the [library’s] tools would [eliminate] anyone who entered the library through illicit means.” But walking in through the front or back door is fine as long as you don’t force your way in. I think you’re entirely correct about the masters, library personnel, and royalty, but I get the impression that royal branch families do not get special access. They got in because of Horenisia’s feystone, which let them into the dormatory, which appears to be a weakness. Solange maybe let them in the rest of the way after the shumils informed her of Hortensia’s arrival? They did threaten her.

The “illicit means” thing probably also applies to the masters, royalty, etc., though, as the shumils did consider Rosemyne a threat when she tried to force her way into the door that holds the copy of the G book.

Cops are the ones who think skin contact can cause an OD.

He was impeached for it, which is charging him with the crime.

PTSD is a bitch.

I am actually somewhat glad that this is a major concern in this story. I feel like it is something most authors overlook.

Sounding is measuring the depth of something. Sounding rods used to be a stick you put into a tank to identify how deep the liquid was in the tank, sometimes with marks on the rod. Maybe I’m just old.

In part because traditional farms scale better than aeroponics or hydroponics. In part because farms don’t pay for the environmental damage they cause. Because of these two points, there is little incentive to industrialize aeroponics or hydroponics.

What is true right now is that traditional farms use more water, fertilizer, and space, cause more environmental damage, but require less labor. And the labor problem can be mitigated with robotics, if we’re willing to invest in that.

I guess it is like how Rosemyne and Ferdinand have the same mana, since Ferdinand dyed Myne. Devouring soldiers can also be dyed if they partially turn into a feystone like Myne did. I guess you then modify their appearance somehow.

I frakkin’ love the bonus panels.

Oh man, a Brigitte and a Philine POV. Always nice to see Brigitte; easily one of my favorite characters in Part 3.

Hoping we’ll get to see Georgine’s arrival in Ehrenfest next. Curious to see who’s perspective we get. Going to guess Damuel’s. Gonna guess one other, but no clue who that might be.

Rosemyne being their side’s greatest treasure makes sense to me. No need to protect Ahrenbach’s foundation at all. So now it is time to protect Ehrenfest. Actually, I can think of a reason to protect the foundation there – Letizia is adopted, right? Does her metal stay in Drewanchel or does it get moved when she is adopted?

And Ahrenbach soldiers are stealing mana from the land using black weapons. Rosemyne called it: Georgine really has no intention of ruling Ehrenfest, just destroying it. Guessing she’ll steal the foundation, destroy the Aub’s family metals, and then let the foundation rot. Still, she now no longer has a place to return. She depends a lot on Lanzenave winning against the Royal Family here, which feels like a big gamble for such a master schemer. Guessing she has a backup plan.

Also, the Lanzenavians who traveled to the Villa can’t return. I’m curious if we’ll see how the Royal Family handled them. They had an advance warning about the silver cloth, if I recall correctly. I want to know what happens to Leonzio.

Best part was when Ferdinand used Myne as a desk.

Granted, there were tons of good parts here.