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'They move on like mechanical figures in an ornamental clock: set on their tracks, ever repeating, ever smooth and ordered, ever prevented from collision.'
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This story takes Vetinari through a typical day, capturing both Vetinari's deep isolation and the strangely intimate nature of his working relationship with Drumknott. The language is beautiful and the Vetinari POV is the best I've ever read.
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Vetinari and Drumknott. Subtly complicated.
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As on every other day, the last thing Havelock says to another person is "Good night, Drumknott. I hope you have a pleasant rest."
And Drumknott smiles, nods, and makes a reciprocal wish. Havelock is sure Drumknott knows he will be reading at least until a new candle burns through, but he is not entirely sure what Drumknott does. It would be easy enough to find out, but he does not want to learn in that way, somehow.
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from dodi: Quote:"Havelock knows his clerk sleeps in the east wing - not five doors away from himself in case of political emergency - that he eats porridge in the morning and that he invoices for exactly three new outfits per annum; spring, summer and autumn, and a new coat every two years. Every member of the Palace staff is subject to numerous inquiries, and Havelock could increase them and uncover anything he chose.
"And yet there is no way into a man's mind, other than that he show you."
endquoteOh, *Vetinari*. I could kiss this author for the insight that she has into Vetinari and the skill that she has in writing someone who is so intrinsically mysterious and closed off. She opens him up to us without once sacrificing who he is.
In conclusion: YULETIDE\O/
from eruthros: This is a really neat little day-in-the-life of Vetinari, from his POV. It says interesting things about Vetinari's intentional isolation, his relationship with Drumknott, and his relationship with the city and with knowledge. Very neat.
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What it says on the box.
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VETINARI. *HEARTS ALL OVER*
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An amazingly good Vetenari POV, with subtle Vetenari/Drumknott UST. Wonderfully realized.
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