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Ooh, good one.

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My first wild guess is that Mikka reminded Min of herself?

Not sure of the 'why', but I might have another wild guess if part one is correct :D
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That is a good guess, but not a correct one. Sorry!

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Warden Dios is correct!

That's half the answer. Now, why? There were two reasons. I will accept either or both.

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Determination?

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More or less on the right track, but not quite the word I was looking for.

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Surely hip action
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Afraid not, though that does make for an entertaining image.

Two possible answers.

One pertains to appearance, the other to demeanor.

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Her confidence and arrogant hip swagger .. something like that lol
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I'm trying to decide how strict I want to be here. Unfortunately, determination and confidence aren't synonyms of the word I'm looking for.

Though with due apologies to our resident Dread Poet, 'assertive hips' are mentioned. But still not what I'm looking for. Erm, not in this context, anyway. Moving on...

I can't think of a clue that won't give it away. I'll give it a couple more days, then decide what to do.

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Min could not have met Mikka before the events in This Day All Gods Die, and in that book she has a bandage over the right side of her forehead from a concussion she received in the previous book (I think she got it fighting Nick for control of Trumpet). That bandage partially obscured Mikka's right eye, and I think it reminded Min of Warden (though Warden's left eye is the one that's prosthetic). I believe Mikka's assertive way of moving, including of moving her hips, showed a confidence that also reminded Min of Warden.
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A bandage over one eye is correct. Good work!

The word I was looking for was competence. She carried herself with an air of competence...

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Thank you, Sorus! That was a great question! I'll try to come up with something to ask tomorrow.
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New question: Gap courier drones are supposed to have a higher thrust-to-mass ratio than any vehicle carrying live passengers. This is because the parts of such a drone have negligible mass--except for the gap drives, and what else?
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They don't have to take human frailty in acceleration into account?

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Avatar wrote:They don't have to take human frailty in acceleration into account?
This is a practical answer, I admit, yet wasn't quite what I was looking for.

To clarify: I'm looking for the name of the other component of the drones that has appreciable mass besides the gap drives (like the gap drives, this other component's name is plural).
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Well miniaturised receiver and transmitters and SSOD CMOS chips, and fuel cells - and the fact that no human operator pax or cargo drones have less mass than other human operated and human pax vehicles. Enabling them to travel faster, transmit and receive data across vast distances at great speeds.
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Skyweir, one of the components you mention isn't miniaturized.
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Cord Hurn wrote:Skyweir, one of the components you mention isn't miniaturized.
And the courier component that isn't miniaturized is the answer to my question, if you care to name it.
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