- Scarlet: After defeating the robbers, you hesitated for a moment at the junction. You knew that if you turned left, you’d most likely find the old treasure, so you turned right.
- Iona: You noticed that?!
- Baako: Woah! You really are as smart as Tibor said!
- Iona: I just wanted you to be a little happy when you win.
- Scarlet: Why?
- Iona: Because Tibor said you’re always so sad and haven’t smiled just once for over a month.
- Scarlet: …
- Iona: I’m sure Julius wouldn’t have wanted you to just give up like that. It ain’t over until the Twin Cities have turned to dust!
- Scarlet: … You’re right.
- Baako: Come along, Scarlet, let’s play some football! And I promise to crush you!
- Scarlet: … All right.
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11 thoughts on “Machine Girl 008”
Hegel-Marx
Awwwww! 🥰
Kitsune
That was risky approach. Because if she went mad at them, she could have closed her heart even more.
Jude
You’re right it was risky but Iona wouldn’t have realised that. Nobody else would’ve caught her pause and change of mind but Scarlet is like that. But I also think Scarlet is not the sort of person to get angry with someone genuinely trying to be kind. When she’s shown anger before, it’s been against a criminal, or herself or the injustices in the world, not at a decent individual. Sure, she’s snapped at Tibor out of frustration but not true anger.
I think she’s finally found some people her own age she can connect with, at least a little. After all those she lost, I don’t think (I sure hope not!) that Novil is going to kill them off too. Scarlet’s character and personality has been developed enough that further death/loss would be pointless and cruel.
ME
Dude, Novil, what do you have against Minneapolis-St. Paul?
ToBeFree
This feels wonderful and heart-warming. 🍀☀️
'phoon
I’m pretty sure he talking about soccer so no literal crushing should be involved. Probably.
ToBeFree
There’s still a little risk she’ll get physically hurt by the soccer game though. I’m not sure if that would help the story. I think it would only hurt.
'phoon
I agree, Scarlet getting hurt would not advance the story. Her not being able to last in a game of stamina may provide proof to her she HAS been starving herself, something she denied earlier.
HKMaly
Also, getting physically tired is likely to make her feeling hunger more than when just sitting or lying.
Hegel-Marx
From the very beginning, she was aware that physical strength would be important for her task. She was doing push-ups when she was six years old (SFOS 015). She needs to recover physically.
She also concluded early on that arrogance was her fatal flaw (SFOS 009). I hope we see her like that again! 👿 (Like with Gale, SFOS 072)
Klaus
“It ain’t over while the king is alive!” is usually a red flag for the king being dead soon. I’m really curious now if the twin cities, whatever they are, are goners 🙂
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