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** [[spoiler: Word of Tom says the dog, whose name is Traveler, didn't die in the end. The cynical/black comedy side of Something Awful took the ExactWords to mean "the dog died ''near'' the end" or maybe even was DeadToBeginWith. The more hopeful members disagree -- [[http://www.viralvo.com/strange-in-sea/?r=jm he swam to Italy and was rescued]]!]]
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* In Chapter 57, Annie explains her current problems with the Ether - it used to be a beautiful world for her, "like being underwater", but without [[spoiler:her blinker stone]], it now feels like she's "swimming in ink". It's clear that she feels cut off from something that gave her such joy, and is fearful that she might not get that world back. Luckily, Reynard is more than reassuring.
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* Funny as it was that Chapter 55 was so short, there's something quite heartbreaking about Anthony's abrupt ending to the conversation, especially seeing how tense Annie was to approach with the request to [[spoiler:give back Renard]].
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* From Chapter 54: Ysengrin's well-intended but brutal style of mentoring leads him to [[spoiler:seemingly destroy Annie's blinker stone, to prevent her from using it as a crutch]]. He has a point...however, when you consider where that particular item came from in the first place, the implications are pretty tragic. [[spoiler: The stone was a gift from the now- DeaderThanDead Mort -- you know, the little boy who couldn't even recall who Annie was the last time she saw him? Annie just lost her last physical reminder of him, and another trace of his existence has now been erased since she helped him cross into the ether]].
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Kat neither knows nor cares about Anthony\'s reasons. She\'s written him off out of hand. Donald is the sole voice of reason in this scenario.
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** There's also the flip-side to this situation: [[spoiler: the fact that Anthony was so guilt-ridden about his actions that he was willing to die in the wilderness. If the Court hadn't been tracking him, Annie would have lost ''both'' of her parents in the span of just three years.]]
** There's also the flip-side to this situation: [[spoiler: the fact that Anthony was so guilt-ridden about his actions that he was willing to die in the wilderness. If the Court hadn't been tracking him, Annie would have lost ''both'' of her parents in the span of just three years.]]
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** And then, this is said.
--> [[spoiler:'''Anthony:''' Haha! My ''daughter!'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone My own daughter! I almost...]] I never wanted to come back... I didn't deserve to see her again. [[ThatManIsDead Her father died out there,]] [[IHaveNoSon in those caves.]]]]
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** The worst part? [[spoiler:''It was a trick.'' The 'antenna' didn't really bring Surma back. It just tore out the fire that was reincarnated in Antimony and reshaped it to look like Surma. This was worse than a failure -- he not only failed to bring Surma back, he nearly killed their daughter in the process.]]
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** Another one from the latest comic: [[spoiler: The Court ''knew'' where Anthony Carver was the whole time he was gone, and kept this information from Annie, choosing to let her think that she'd been abandoned by her father because of whatever work he was doing for them.]]
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** Another one from the latest comic: [[spoiler: The Court ''knew'' where Anthony Carver was the whole time he was gone, and kept this information from Annie, choosing to let her think that she'd been abandoned by her father because of whatever work he was doing for them.
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