In the fourteenth part of\u00c2\u00a0Feet of Clay<\/i>, EVERYTHING IS COMING TOGETHER AND I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M SO CLOSE. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Accusations<\/b><\/p>\n
I actually misinterpreted the intentions of Mrs. Palm, Mr. Boggis, and Dr. Downey. In my head, the three of them were headed to Vimes\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office to\u00c2\u00a0plant<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0evidence, not to find it. Of course, that means I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got to re-evaluate this scene:\u00c2\u00a0Who sent them there?<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0Who wrote the guild leaders and told them that Vimes was the killer?<\/p>\n
I\u00c2\u00a0did<\/i>, however, vocalize my other theory: that somehow, someone had planted arsenic on Vimes and\u00c2\u00a0he<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0was unknowingly poisoning the Vetinari. Who would suspect that? Who would think to examine the investigator on the case? NOT ME. But the explanation for all of this \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which is almost entirely laid out in this section \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is both simpler than this and more complicated. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more complicated because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got most of the pieces os the puzzle assembled, enough that I can make out what the picture is supposed to be of. But I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t found the pieces to link it as one unified portrait, you know?<\/p>\n
At the same time, I had actually gotten a few things right, and the celebration can commence now:<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The golems made it themselves, I think. But of course they needed a priest for the words and they had to borrow Mr. Hopkinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s oven. I expect the old men thought it would be interesting. They were historians, after all.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Carrot says it so plainly, HOW DARE YOU. This was a complicated thing for me to figure out!!! I demand respect for the rare accomplishment I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve made!!!<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I mean they drove it mad, sir. The other golems. They didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean to, but it was built-in, sir. They wanted it to do so many things. It was their\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 child, I think. All their hopes and dreams. And when they found out it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d been killing people\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0terrible<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0to a golem. They mustn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t kill, and it was their\u00c2\u00a0own clay<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0doing it \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
WOW. THERE IT IS. It filled in nearly every gap left in the golem\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story. So the golem\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s creation (which is Meshugah, right???) kills Hopkinson and Tubelcek, filling the other golems with guilt and shame, correct? Which causes all of\u00c2\u00a0them<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0to act out, since it was made of their clay\u00c2\u00a0and<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0they can sense what their creation did. I thought this plot was completely wrapped up until Cheri unknowingly opened it back up again just minutes later:<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dangerous stuff,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Vimes.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Not good at all, sir. But useful, sir,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Cheri. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tanners, dyers, painters\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just prisoners that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a use for arsenic.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m surprise people aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t dropping dead of it all the time,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Vimes.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, most of them use golems, sir\u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
oh.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
OH.<\/b><\/p>\n
OH MY GOD<\/i>. HOW MANY GUILDS HAVE GOLEMS. HOW MANY OF THEM COULD HAVE GOTTEN A GOLEM NEAR VETINARI. What about the arsenic rats??? Oh shit, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so close, I AM SO CLOSE.<\/p>\n
Something we don<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see,<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0thought Vimes.\u00c2\u00a0Something invisible. No, it wouldn<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to be invisible. Something we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always there. Something that strikes in the night\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
CANDLES CANDLES CANDLES. IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THEY WOULDN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T BE USED DURING THE DAY, SO YOU WOULDN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T \u00e2\u20ac\u0153SEE\u00e2\u20ac\u009d THEM. I HAVE TO BE RIGHT\u00c2\u00a0I HAVE BEEN TOO PUBLICLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS THEORY TO BE WRONG<\/b>. Please don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t embarrass me, Pratchett.<\/p>\n
Meshugah<\/b><\/p>\n
WHAT THE HELL, HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE???<\/p>\n
Wee Mad Arthur looked down. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153D\u00e2\u20ac\u2122yez believe in that reincarnation stuff, Mr. Colon?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get me touching that foreign muck,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Colon.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s putting itself together. Like one of them jiggling saw puzzles.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
!!!!!!!! HOW CAN MESHUGAH DO THIS. WHAT SORCERY IS THIS.<\/p>\n
Dorfl<\/b><\/p>\n
So, that whole sequence was very strange, but I enjoyed it. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what will come of it, though. Has Dorfl fully realized what freedom means? Is that a good or a bad thing? (A good thing, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d argue.) Regardless, I appreciated the slight change in Pratchett\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s style for this sequence; it was refreshing and a lovely surprise.<\/p>\n
Nobbs<\/b><\/p>\n
Just kidding, NOBBY\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S REACTION TO BEING OFFERED THE ROLE OF KING IS THE MOST SURPRISING THING HERE. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE IMAGE OF HIM PLUNGING HEAD-FIRST OUT OF A WINDOW AND LITERALLY RUNNING AWAY AT THE SUGGESTION. IT IS THE BEST ANSWER POSSIBLE TO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT NOBBY WILL REIGN.<\/p>\n
Now that their plan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fallen apart, what will these people do???<\/p>\n
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