Anybody else still caught up in the moment when the Zephyer Mk 1 goes down? When Comfrey and the others have all landed and she looks for Olethra? She looks up and her wildly brave and beloved granddaughter is facing down the construction of hell itself. Not alone, but with MONTY.
Monty, the man Comfrey maligned as a coward. A dandy. Soft. Not a 'real' Wind Rider. Monty, the man who called her out when she was buying too much of her own hype and endangering those around her because of it. Montgomery La-Goddamn-Montgommery is the one facing down certain death with Olethra, not her grandma.
Monty never told Olethra what he thought of Comfrey. He didn't want to tarnish that adoration, but he knows the dangers of buying the hype, because adventure means everything to Olethra. And he's been around enough to know how dangerous that is.
So when Comfrey looks horrified and finally realizes her granddaughter means everything to her, she's finally, FINALLY on the same page as Monty. And he's up there with Olethra the way Comfrey never was and I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.
Goes to show Olethra had more than one awesome grandfather looking after her.
