I need to edit this chapter a little more carefully. Paine's name change is a bit of a kludge to cover for a minor slip I made a few chapters ago. A few chapters back, nobody reacted when Nooj and Gippal discussed Paine. When it came time to write this chapter, I realized that Isaaru would know Paine quite well as the leader of the warrior monks. Also, Elma would probably butt heads with her (first, because Elma doesn't get along with the warrior monks in general, and second, because Elma would insist on supervising Lucil's security escort in Bevelle, even though that would normally fall to warrior monks and the captain of the guard). I can't believe neither of them said, "Paine? You mean the captain of the guard?!" So I had a choice between retconning the chapter or coming up with a reason why they didn't recognize the name.
I finally settled on the name change, but found it hard to slip it in gracefully, with all the other business that needed to happen in this chapter.
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Date: 2009-07-05 01:30 am (UTC)I finally settled on the name change, but found it hard to slip it in gracefully, with all the other business that needed to happen in this chapter.