Up next is “Most True” by Kristin Schwengel. This one is about a couple of Bardic Journeymen who are… not feuding. Oh sure, they don’t get along, but it’s hardly a feud. Despite this being Feuds. (I paid for blood!)
Anyway, plot-wise one of the Bards, Nieko, is visiting home and the other, Giulia, happens to come by because The Comb is right there and she wants dramatic natural scenery for Romanticism inspiration. So Giulia heads up into the mountains. Without checking with the locals on trail conditions. Or telling anybody she’s doing so. And when Nieko realizes this she has to tell the others before chasing after her. Of course, they then end up in a rockslide and get to spend the night pinned under boulders and injured.
Honestly, kinda get Nieko’s exasperation with this girl.
Anyway, this story is just okay. One thing I do like though is a stated weakness of the Bardic Gift that makes sense: they can’t alter their own emotions if they feel a need to do so. Another Bard, sure, but no self targeting with that Gift.
