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Whew! I was worried for Nisha. I do NOT want to see what Zoltan will become if she is crippled or killed.

I mis-read a paragraph. I initially thought the dopur got its hooves on opposing banisters and slid the fuck down.

A ring of those walking carpets surrounding a village and slowly - over days - closing in is quite creepy. That's patience, not a creature acting on immediate instinct. Brrrr. Kinda like how the single creepiest Dalek in post-2005 Doctor Who was the "Ironside" who let 11 smash it with a bat when every instinct was screaming to exterminate (then the New Paradigm debuted and immediately proved themselves impatient and stupid, but that's a different discussion).

Horror themes from the younglings? Can't say I'm surprised. "Post-Covid" and a new potential world war, among other things... We had a good run from about 1990-2015 where, while the world remained imperfect, things were objectively getting better. 25 years of improvement and growth came to a screeching halt (also a different discussion).

For now I'll just be satisfied two fictional characters seem headed for recovery. 👍

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