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I think it's unfortunate that, throughout the Ciaphas Cain books & short stories, we never really see him interacting with one such gung-ho psychopathic Commissar. Sure, there are mentions of some, but they're either already dead or have no presence in the story otherwise.

Usually, the Commissars he interacts with are either less senior than him, or just go along with whatever he says because of his reputation.

I think it'd be really cool to see him absolutely lay down the law to one of these gung-ho psychopaths. A Commissar who's getting on in years, but has similar experience to Cain even if it was in a longer timeframe. The kinda Commissar who will absolutely refuse all notion of withdraw and vehemently dismiss anything but a suicidal Banzai charge and/or last stand as cowardice.

I'm not sure whether the Commissariat would approve of any given Commissar outright executing another one if they were unable to pull seniority on them. Beijie at least wanted to arrest Cain and bring him to tribunal alive first, but he was lower-ranked.

I think it's unfortunate that, throughout the Ciaphas Cain books & short stories, we never really see him interacting with one such gung-ho psychopathic Commissar. Sure, there are mentions of some, but they're either already dead or have no presence in the story otherwise.

Usually, the Commissars he interacts with are either less senior than him, or just go along with whatever he says because of his reputation.

I think it'd be really cool to see him absolutely lay down the law to one of these gung-ho psychopaths. A Commissar who's getting on in years, but has similar experience to Cain even if it was in a longer timeframe. The kinda Commissar who will absolutely refuse all notion of withdraw and vehemently dismiss anything but a suicidal Banzai charge and/or last stand as cowardice.

I'm not sure whether the Commissariat would approve of any given Commissar outright executing another one if they were unable to pull seniority on them. Beijie at least wanted to arrest Cain and bring him to tribunal alive first, but he was lower-ranked.

straight people: yeah I'm straight

It also has a lot of different kinds of stitches you can do that make different densities of fabric.

I was surprised that I’d never heard of it though. It’s older than knitting and crocheting and even though it’s been done all over the world it’s super relevant to Nordic culture and my grandmother and I are both into keeping in touch with our roots a bit so I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it.

It’s also a lot easier to freehand and adjust as you go than crochet or knitting and you mostly go by inches instead of rows and number of stitches so a large number of accessories like stitch markers or whatever isn’t really necessary.

The downside as a beginner is that undoing mistakes is more time consuming than with knitting or crochet. You’ve gotta like sew your mistakes out backwards. Disadvantages of making a really sturdy fabric I guess.

I like the feel of this bone needle though and don’t think I’ll be trying the wooden or metal ones.

Also I think I’m gonna have to get good at doing Russian joining if I decide to get good at nalbinding because I don’t have wool yarn and the ends won’t felt together if it’s not at least 50% wool. A small price to pay for using big bone needle though.

You start a game of Little Guy by saying, "I'm gonna hand you a little guy." The little guy is some kind of baby animal you are imagining. "Oh," she might say in response, "Okay," and hold out her hands for it. I will then mime handing her the animal. This provides some clues as to the little guy's size, weight, and general ungainliness.

She then gets to ask questions about what kind of little guy this is, BUT NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ACTUAL APPEARANCE OR SPECIES ARE ALLOWED. Qualitative questions, or questions about his behavior, are the only ones permitted. She can ask "Is he soft?" or "Does he seem nervous about being held?" or "If I put him in the bathtub, does he seem okay with that?" or "Would he like a lil grape?" or "Is he the sort of little fellow who would wear a vest in a children's book?" but not "Does he have fur," "Is he a reptile," "Is he from Asia," etc. Some questions are in a grey area so you have to follow your heart, but the point is not to identify the animal as fast as possible: the point is to guess the animal purely based on vibes + how he would act if he were in your living room right now.

And I'm not limited to yes or no answers! If she asks, "Would it feel appropriate to see this little guy in a propeller hat?" I can reply, "Oh no, he has a gravity to him. A bowler hat would be a more appropriate hat." Or if she asks, "Does this little guy have protagonist energy?" I can say something like, "he probably wouldn't be the main character in a children's cartoon. He'd probably be the main character's ditzy best friend who's always eating sandwiches, or something."

“Concentrate Attano.”