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To refer back to the start of the chapter:
He apologized, they talked it through like rational people, and now she's started talking herself out, which Zoat has kindly spared us the entirety of.
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B19.5:
https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/charm-learning-shard-worm-exalted.18226/page-84#post-5959860
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Which reminds me - I've still got no idea what BITN stands for is short for.
FWIW, I... well, I can't say I enjoyed all of it, but this was a good (terrible) story.
ses, as usual, is spot on.
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In summary:
Congratulations on both a completed story (and holy crap, the update rate), and a quality telling.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
My personal curiosity...
Oh you.
This chapter was very entertaining.
I cringe at what's going to come from the meeting with Accord.
The PHO segment did a great job of updating our knowledge of the worldstate simply and succinctly.
And it was quite funny.
Thanks/well done.
So Willpower's not equivalent to Fate Points. That makes better sense.
Thank you for that.
I still stand by 'I'd take that trade any day' and think she's underestimating it, though.
...
"All it does".
"ALL it does".
"ALL IT DOES"?!
I'll grant you, I know next to nothing about Exalted specifically, but I'm familiar with the mechanic (Fate points, hero points, etc.) and hello?! she can generate Willpower!
How the hell is that an 'all it does'?
I can only assume that the...
The rest of your post is spot on, but this?
Nope. Jack's only advantage is Shard politics.
Unless there's a different WOG that contradicts this, read the top two comment chains.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/ll17h7/jack_slash_vs_contessa/
tl;dr - as others have said, Jack's...