Erfworld 81, page 75

[Ethesis]

That was the point of my question: If Parson's plan was so bad, what would have been good? It's not enough to complain that his plan didn't work. What would?

That's a very difficult question to answer, and the difficulty arises from the fact that the Alliance is a vastly more powerful force.



Yes, and that's not surprising, really. But given Jillian's range and raw power, he had nothing else to go on.

It wasn't a bad bet, actually, given that it took some real initiative by an Archon to slap Jillian back to her senses. As overconfident as Wanda was, the gambit failed not because it was doomed to, but because they wound up getting the worst case: Jillian discovering the dwagons, and Jaclyn unilaterally deciding to provide a service that Ansom hadn't paid for.

I was here to check posts on the new sticky/comic, and the thread isn't up yet, so I'm posting here.

Hamster is reaching now, and Stanley may be making the right moves.

[factotum]

Er, the thread is there, it just hasn't been stickied yet--look a bit further down the page.