But not the weird rules of sword dances that let a sword be taken away and the dance continue. I’ll forgive the never knowing which of those two is best. He disarms Del, but somehow the dance goes on so she can do the same back and we can listen to more repetitive discussion about dances not being conclusive. He can break his opponent’s sword and humiliate him, but we still have multiple long discussions over how we can never know now who is better. Frustrated with how often an important sword dance is described in the moment as conclusively won, only to be talked about as not being won…. But I’m frustrated by how often Tiger is basically sold into slavery in this series. I appreciate an attempt to make realistic characters with their own motivations. I enjoy the chance to explore Tiger’s origins. There are some sweet interactions between the title characters, which were long in the making, and therefore satisfying to find here, as each discovers how to live with their new reality, and each accepts more fully, their connection to the other.
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