Another fine chapter down. Nice.
Wild-ass speculation:
The weird thing Chris senses about Doug is that he's one of those mortal incarnations of Mara that they were
talking about. The staff is (long forgotten by now) Mara's overself's creation... thus Doug's "Mine!" reaction.
It's almost certainly (99.999999999999999999999999999%) wrong, but, hey, it's amusing.
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Wild-ass speculation:
The weird thing Chris senses about Doug is that he's one of those mortal incarnations of Mara that they were
talking about. The staff is (long forgotten by now) Mara's overself's creation... thus Doug's "Mine!" reaction.
It's almost certainly (99.999999999999999999999999999%) wrong, but, hey, it's amusing.
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.