lilyr wrote:

Part 9

The Mayor does seem like a blithering idiot, doesn't he?  I'd totally forgotten about the Peddlar taking the Orb.  Looks like Greg and B are back on track.

I loved all the story about Chumblepot and his glassworks.  I'd never thought about having to have magic to create the glass works that he did. 

Chumblepot must be doing something with the shards we find in order to get all those different colors.  The glassworks would be quite garish looking if he just used the shards as is.

Greg and B will continue to have their ups and downs as they struggle with the baggage they each are carrying - Greg with his hurt pride, and B with her fears of endinh up in the same situation as her mother.
 

Part 11

Talk about a range of emotions!  Ummmm... Is the Mayor really THAT obtuse?  I guess so.  Poor Lucky -- stuck with day after day of Mr. Vanderkins and no carrots.  I wonder how long it will be before Greg finds out about the Mayor sending B to the place the Mayor SAW the orchards get cursed?  Despite his "flock of floozies" (love that!) I can't imagine he'd be that happy about it.

lilyr wrote:

Part 12

Sounded like a minor pity party from B.  Glad she got the lobster.  Very interesting to see her stand up for herself when Greg started telling her off AND interesting to see Greg storm off to ream out the Mayor!

Did it? I thought she had just had enough with being jerked around by her so-called advisors.  They all obviously have different agendas and don't have her best interests at heart, so she might as well rely on her own feelings about what is teh right thing to do.
 

Part 13

So all in all another typical day in the Kingdom!  The Mayor sure does seem super vague all the time, doesn't he?  And Lucky can be a naughty squabitt! 

lilyr wrote:

Part 14

Poor B.  Worrying that her (apparently) only real friend (Lucky) would want to desert her.  She seems to have gotten her energy and optimism back.  I don't suppose it's too hard to stay a few steps ahead of the Mayor.  Lucky gathered plently of food (was it a small pumpkin or are squabitts larger than I think?).  Progress on the castle and an urgent matter that Greg needs to discuss.  Things are getting interesting.

In the Skyward Castle, Sophia wrote in her journal that Mr Vanderkins was the size of a large dog.  However, the graphics later on show Mr Vanderkins sitting on Quinn's head while on the Wingferry. 

Sophia also seems to think that everybody has been waiting for her to free them from being stone statues for 100 years but that doesn't make sense.  Quinn mentions that every Winter Solstice they would release lanterns in the hope that she would see them and use them as a guide to find the skyward kingdom.  Greg mentions that an attachment of soldiers were supposed to meet her at teh Dreamless Castle when she came of age, but that was when Dreadmyre attacked.

The Goblins, Fairy Queen and Witch are either using a different calendar than the humans or have exaggerated just how long they've been waiting for her to wake up.

Lucky's a smart little squabbit.  He noticed the medium sized pumpkin and brought the other food he found to where the pumpkin was.  No need for him to move the pumpkin.