That's taking Steelgarter's betrayal at face value, though. She, Monahan, and Moonbark were all anticipating treachery from Lu, and this may have been their plan...she may have extemporized the part about the rats to add artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative, as it were.
Yeah, Monahan seems pretty confident in hanging there.
Wouldn't be too surprised, though, if it turns out she was just counting on shock value, or too caught up in yelling to realize Steelgarter's also a danger.
Steelgarter may be dangerous, but ultimately she is controllable. She let her main motivation be known, loud and clear. Monahan is her best remaining way to use the mirrors ever again, so…
Oh, they surely had plans. Maybe even this reckless. It’s just that if Ariadne expected to deal with Monahan again, she wouldn’t add the part about rats.
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Date: 2022-03-23 03:53 pm (UTC)That's taking Steelgarter's betrayal at face value, though. She, Monahan, and Moonbark were all anticipating treachery from Lu, and this may have been their plan...she may have extemporized the part about the rats to add artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative, as it were.
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Date: 2022-03-24 12:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-24 02:10 am (UTC)Wouldn't be too surprised, though, if it turns out she was just counting on shock value, or too caught up in yelling to realize Steelgarter's also a danger.
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Date: 2022-03-24 02:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-24 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-24 02:01 pm (UTC)It’s just that if Ariadne expected to deal with Monahan again, she wouldn’t add the part about rats.
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Date: 2022-03-24 04:16 pm (UTC)(At least, that's the way Steelgarter is probably going to spin it to minimize any lingering hard feelings.)