Kevin's Watch

I am guessing sand, oxidate, and tinct, Ralphie.

Ralphie wrote: ↑ What did Geraden say the mirror he crafted for Teresa could have been made of?

This is a great question, because the answer isn't literal, but metaphorical, and one of the best lines in the story.

He said that the mirror he found her in might have been "made of (from?) the pure sand of dreams"

Cord Hurn wrote: ↑ I am guessing sand, oxidate, and tinct, Ralphie.

I'm sure one of us is right. Now let's see who... Ralphie?

IrrationalSanity wrote: ↑

Cord Hurn wrote: ↑ I am guessing sand, oxidate, and tinct, Ralphie.

I'm sure one of us is right. Now let's see who... Ralphie?

An interesting contrast in answers, IS. The literal ingredients answer versus the literal quotation from Geraden.

When it comes to which of us is right, I'm betting on YOU all the way, Sanity!
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(That's partly because you have a proven strong memory for the Mordant's Need story, and partly because Ralphie DID frame his question around something Geraden said.)

What say you, Ralphie? Isn't IrrationalSanity the clear winner, here?

...Ralphie?

Cord Hurn wrote: ↑...Ralphie?

Maybe he's off still trying to glue the leg lamp back together?

"Maybe he's off still trying to glue the leg lamp back together?"


Again, I think you've got the answer right, IrrationalSanity! Geraden DID talk about creating the mirror that brought Terisa into his world being fthe pure sand of dreams".

If Ralphie doesn't weigh in by month's end and overrule me , then consider it YOUR Mordant's Need Trivia question, IS!

Cord Hurn wrote: then consider it YOUR Mordant's Need Trivia question, IS!

...But please feel free to take your time.

Thanks, Cord Hurn!

The show must go on, as they say.

So, let's move from the end of the story to the beginning of Terisa's time in Mordant. The first meal she was served had an array of familiar and unfamiliar foods. However, one of the familiar ones, green beams, tasted like something else. What was it?

Great question, IS!

Did the green beans in Mordant taste like pumpkins?

Thanks!

No, it was not pumpkins. (Nor even close, really...)

Okay, then...Mordant green beans taste like...asparagus?

Cord Hurn wrote: ↑ Okay, then...Mordant green beans taste like...asparagus?

Absolutely correct!


Your question!

Thank you very much, Sanity!

By the time Terisa is translated to Mordant, how long has it been that Queen Madin has separated from living with King Joyse?

2 years?

StevieG wrote: ↑2 years?

BINGO!!!


Take command here, StevieG!!

Ha! That was a complete guess - haven’t read the series for at least a decade! I’ll have to look up a question and get back to you.

StevieG wrote: ↑ Ha! That was a complete guess - haven’t read the series for at least a decade! I’ll have to look up a question and get back to you.

VERY impressive for just a guess!

Ok, this has prompted a long overdue reread - I remember nothing!

Terisa compares the young men her father sets her up with to a kind of fish. What fish is it?

StevieG wrote: ↑Terisa compares the young men her father sets her up with to a kind of fish. What fish is it?

I am quite impressed, StevieG! It is not easy to stump me concerning Mordant's Need (a story that I have read in its entirety seven times), but you have just done so!

Is it a shark?