Ione nods.  It's going to be interesting to see whether, or rather, how fast, Sevar gets executed for heresy once she gets into the habit of noticing all the constant lies.

"Actually, if I can get an authorized lie on this, none of us much like reading fiction at all," Ione says.  "Cheliax has been devoting too many resources to the Worldwound, and the books written before Hell took over are trash.  If we talk about any fiction we've read, in front of Keltham, he's going to ask to see one.  Remixing fiction isn't like redoing a spellbook with Glimpse of Truth renamed to Glimpse of Beyond.  Maybe we can rush some better books from Absalom, and read one apiece before Keltham gets around to asking about that, so that we can have ever read a novel.  But if he asks before then, you tried reading novels from old Cheliax and quickly gave up."

Ione nods.  It's going to be interesting to see whether, or rather, how fast, Sevar gets executed for heresy once she gets into the habit of noticing all the constant lies.

"Actually, if I can get an authorized lie on this, none of us much like reading fiction at all," Ione says.  "Cheliax has been devoting too many resources to the Worldwound, and the books written before Hell took over are trash.  If we talk about any fiction we've read, in front of Keltham, he's going to ask to see it.  Remixing fiction isn't like redoing a spellbook with Glimpse of Truth renamed to Glimpse of Beyond.  Maybe we can rush some better books from Absalom, and read one apiece before Keltham gets around to asking about that, so that we can have ever read a novel.  But if he asks before then, you tried reading novels from old Cheliax and quickly gave up."