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Kincaid microfiction "Goodbye"

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morriswalters:
Harry could have scratched a note in the ice of Arctis Tor, written it in the steam on the glass in a shower, or wrote a note in the air. Harry didn't do it because Jim forgot.  I wouldn't be surprised if that note doesn't end up in a future micro fiction.

spiritofair:

--- Quote from: Dina on March 11, 2020, 12:09:02 AM ---I was very sad about Kinkaid and I really hope they can compose their relationship. And I do wish Harry has written something to Ivy perhaps even to tell Kinkaid (as Harry probably does not know what happened between them).

Still, I am glad we now know why Kinkaid shot to the chest, and I agree with Kindler, she told Mab.

I really, really hope Harry has not broke Ivy's heart for ever. I want them to have a few cute interactions yet. In fact, I wish Ivy meets Maggie Jr. someday-

@spiritofair: Harry was not selfish! He was misguided, yes, but his actions were not inspired by selfishness but love. Still, he was unfair with Molly. He did not realized how much he will be hurting her.

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Suicide is a selfish action. It may not seem like it is to the person contemplating it, but it is. I am forgetting about the push he got from Lasciel, though, so maybe I'm being too harsh on him.

But, honestly, the more I re-read the books, the more I get annoyed by Harry's martyr complex. He's such an idiot some times. I guess that makes him "real", but it is the same thing over and over and over. But then, it's part of his character I guess, and a story requires drama.

prince lotore:
Harry (at peace talks): hey ivy, wheres kincade?
Ivy :I let him go
Harry : I'm sorry to hear that by the way have you heard about my daughter who is about the same age you were when we first met and who is the most important person in the world to me
Ivy : explosions

Dina:

--- Quote from: Mira on March 12, 2020, 03:38:17 PM ---  I get the feeling that the Archive knew all along what was going down, and it and Mab, perhaps with some help from Uriel set it all up.  That is why Ivy insisted on a chest shot knowing that Mab would be waiting in the icy water to catch Harry and wisk him away to the island before he expired beyond retrieval..  Uriel may have made the wind blow just enough to throw the bullet off a couple of critical millimeters so the shot didn't cause instant death, perhaps even giving Harry a bit of a push so he'd land in the water as opposed to on the deck where he would have bled out in seconds and became all dead.

So no doubt, Ivy knew he wasn't dead..  Kincaid may not know, nor Eb, but think of the events of Cold Days, Harry was pretty busy at the time with more important things than letting his friends know that he was alive.

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I don't think Uriel is allowed to interfere like that, but you don't need it. Mab is the Queen of the Air, so she could have done the wind thing you propose  :)

And yes, in CD Harry was busy but still, writing a small note only takes a minute. And then, you have free time until SG.

Bad Alias:
I think the main import of the story (outside of why Kincaid shot Harry in the chest and that Ivy (almost certainly) fired him) is that Kincaid is much less of a mercenary than he thinks he is. Imo, you can scratch out every "if I wasn't just a mercenary" or it's functional equivalent in the story.


--- Quote from: Kindler on March 10, 2020, 07:33:45 PM ---I'm also going to say it here: Ivy contacted Mab and told her what was going to happen, but waited until Kincaid's flight landed or something. That's how Mab knew to save him, and that's why Ivy insisted on a center-mass shot instead of a headshot.

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Ivy works through proxies.

@Yuillegan: The Archive wasn't built to be neutral. That's a lie. It's the Archive's cover. Now, the Archive may have been built to maintain the appearance of neutrality, hence proxies.

Why is everyone saying Harry is a bad friend? As magnuskn points out, up until Skin Game, Harry has largely been kept in isolation. We don't see what Harry's doing on a day to day basis often. In at least five of the stories in between we see Harry being involved with friends and family. (Day Off, Zoo Day, It's My Birthday Too, Something Borrowed, Christmas Eve). You could count Jury Duty with Billy helping him move. That's not counting any stories where he's hired by a "friend." The only "friends" he doesn't seem to keep up with are the ones who tell him not to try to contact him.

Harry, and everyone else on Earth, is basically in constant contact with Ivy. The difference between Harry and everyone else is that Harry knows it, and Ivy knows Harry knows it. If Harry made a banking transaction, Ivy knew he was alive. When Harry showed up for jury duty, Ivy knew Harry was alive. Honestly, I would be surprised if Harry didn't think about it every other time he wrote something that he would be embarrassed to say in front of Ivy. Also, how do we know he hasn't dropped Ivy, or anyone else for that matter, a line? We know Butters has his presumably new phone number. We didn't see Harry give it to him. He's clearly in contact with Billy. Things happen off page. Reading all of them would be annoying. Like when certain writers take a few pages every chapter or two to write about certain things that in now way advance the plot.

I agree with g33k's reading that it is possible, but unlikely, that Ivy didn't fire Kincaid.

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