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Continuing with Wolves of the Calla and Jake's exploration of the mysterious "Dogan".
𝘖𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘝 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴.
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𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 (𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯). 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦-𝘵𝘩𝘦-𝘋𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦.
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𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 (𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯). 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦-𝘵𝘩𝘦-𝘋𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦.
𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘺’𝘴 𝘋𝘢’ 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.
The plot thickens!
“𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴,” 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘥. “𝘐—” 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥.
“𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰!” 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵. “𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦!”
“𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘢𝘪 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯,” 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘴. “𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘸, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵-𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦.”
Andy's a bully after all!
𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘺’𝘴 𝘋𝘢’, 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘪 𝘰’ 𝘛𝘦𝘨𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘨𝘶𝘭 𝘚𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰.
Slightman was issuing a verbal report on Roland and the ka-tet to some mysterious mechanical-voiced recipient on the other end of a digital audio line. I like this expansion of the mythos and want to hurry up past all of these events in the Calla and get right on to see what's happening in Thunderclap!
"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘣’𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘏𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥—𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦’𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴."
He's giving up Roland's entire plan!
𝘛𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘬 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘎𝘌 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘉𝘔 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘰𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸—𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘈𝘋𝘌 𝘐𝘕 𝘜𝘚𝘈. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬.
I end The Dogan, Part 2 not knowing much more about what the Dogan actually was, but the tension inside it was very real!
I end reading for the day, 82% of the way through Wolves of the Calla.