The Loyal Left Hand (short story)
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The Loyal Left Hand was the second story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology Nobody's Children. It was written by Jonathan Blum.
Summary
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Characters
- Bernice Summerfield
- Lwpha
- Isaac Summerfield II
- Adrian Wall
- Peter Summerfield
- Mahalia
- Jason Kane
- Werther
- Kothar
- Ithva Kothar
- Kothar's children
- Korenthai
- Joseph
- Lashenkavaar
References
- Isaac reads from the Mim Book of the Unshiftable.
- Benny's Mood music is designed to pick up on the telepathic atmosphere and filter her playlist accordingly. She listens to Charles Mingus and Michael Stipe, Jason was able to manipulate the mood filter to play the chorus of I Should Be So Lucky.
- Kitishvaris Maeve.[statement unclear]
- Benny mentions Dr Skilx'vran and Dr Vreeaaa, and Draconians Mullyns, Bilalis and Kissinger.
- Ithva orders Craxatonian chardonnay.
- A Draconian won Best Actress at the Galactacadmey awards.
- Benny mentions the news outlet Freeworld Weekly News.
- Benny compares Ithva to Livia the Tattooed Lady.
- Vrakiya All-Knowing was a former Draconian Empress.
- Ithva invites Benny and Peter to a Nikhol Vakarshta retreat on Montavadros.
Notes
- Lwpha was previously stated to be asexual and without gender throughout All Mimsy Were the Borogroves. However, this story repeatedly identifies the character as male.
Continuity
- Benny scatters Lwpha's remains following their death. (PROSE: All Mimsy Were the Borogroves)
- Benny says that her misreadings of body language cost a girl from the Quire her sanity, (PROSE: Future Relations) that people she had righteously hated since her youth turned out not to have betrayed her after all (PROSE: The Soul's Prism) and people she had relied on revealed themselves as monsters. (AUDIO: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus)
