[Writing][NaNo] Crossed the 21,000 word mark today. Got to write an Owen cameo!

Well, not quite a cameo, since he plays a bit more of a role than that, but it's fun having him show up.

I have this crazy idea that, when I finish the first Absolution draft, I'm going to start picking at a new Owen and Aeneas story I've had on my mind for a while.

The plan ultimately being that their story would be serialized online to try and get people interested in Path of the Just.

So this scene in Absolution also plays out from Owen and Aeneas's point of view in THEIR story.

It's probably the one section of Absolution I'm going to be picking at the most, since it's got to serve both stories, but I still like the idea.

Also, I forgot how delightfully weird the leader of the Red Dragon Caste is.

She's evolving a little bit as I write this story, but writing her dialogue and actions are still so much fun.

She and the other lieutenants of her Caste are walking away from a really tense banquet with the other Castes where a fight almost broke out, and she's obsessing over how they need to recruit the chef.

She's just completely unfettered by the gravity of any situation she's dealing with.