User blog comment:SaynaSLuke/Dream Seekers/@comment-2142396-20150911175913

Covered chapter 20, and I can perfectly sympathize with Fripple concerning shopping… Me after two hours of necessary shopping: ‘Are you saying there are people who do that for fun??’

I should compliment your development of Cedric’s character and Fripple/Cedric relationship in general. Because my reaction to them went from ‘I want to dump a bucket of water on him’ and ‘How can they ever get together if they’d rather kill each other’ to ‘I really like Cedric’ and ‘They make a good couple’. I actually think that they have a positive effect on each other. ;) (Is Errik a fennec fox, by the way?)

Scound is a smart beast, isn’t he? Why help somebeast for free if you can get something out of it? When I just saw your pictures of the racers I wondered how Cedric and Co. would ever get themselves into the race when they should be busy fighting Swartt… Now I know. ;) It was a great step in Cedric’s development when he stepped in to drive for Star even though he knew the risk.

Poor Evening, though. Cedric: ‘We’re going to enter your new friend into the race that had already killed your brother and we need you to help us with that!” Evening: *not amused* (The scene with Cedric hitching Star into the chariot made me wonder how Evening unhitches himself after the day’s work – he probably asks somebeast to help him?)

Sunflash is here at last! I wondered when he would appear. I just tried to calculate his age and almost gone crazy… ‘Mossflower’ says that he was born before Verdauga attacked, so according to your timeline he is 55-60? That’s unless he was born later in your story, sort of like Redfarl, and in this case he should still be at least in his 40-ies?

Even though Swartt failed to hex Veil, I think it was a good plot point that he had tried. After all, we cannot expect him to just sit and do nothing about that free-minded son of his. ;) Not to mention that it let Veil and Kinta meet again. :D

Roseanna starts to suspect something is wrong, and I’m glad she’s becoming such an interesting character. She certainly didn’t lose her spunk! Yes, and Richart is adorable. :) And Filip appears! I’ve been waiting for this moment since TPF when you mentioned he’s going to be important. Poor guy, I guess it was difficult for him when Redwallers suddenly switched from being okay with him being a rat to blaming him for it.

Aubretia’s calculations came out useful at last! :D Well, they do say that everything genius is simple: just let all the other racers wreck each other, right? I can only hope nothing goes wrong… and considering Murphy’s law, something will certainly go wrong…