I knew Bout would be “laying low” for a while, but somehow I didn’t register that he quit the College before McBell brought it up just now. I guess it would be a bit too silly for Burke to be super-literal about his “if you walk out that door…” ultimatum.
Me as well stumbled over “Bout quitting”, but I think that he left school already in order to take the job als Burkes bodyguard. Since it all happened in ONE DAY, he might be allowed to come back, now that he is (probably) unemployed.
“Completion of the Clown College curriculum” according to chapter 1, page 37. Ordinarily this would mean four years, Mcbell aimed to do it in two. So Squeaky here just cut her best estimate down by one and a half years with a pen-stroke.
I feel like that’s a way to give her a choice. The whole problem here is that McBell never learned to choose for herself what she wants to do or who she wants to be. By cutting her sentence, Squeaky just forced her to choose whether she wants to remain a clown or get out before the ship sinks.
whaaa??
I knew Bout would be “laying low” for a while, but somehow I didn’t register that he quit the College before McBell brought it up just now. I guess it would be a bit too silly for Burke to be super-literal about his “if you walk out that door…” ultimatum.
Me as well stumbled over “Bout quitting”, but I think that he left school already in order to take the job als Burkes bodyguard. Since it all happened in ONE DAY, he might be allowed to come back, now that he is (probably) unemployed.
If your an institutions best weapon, they better be paying you.
What exactly were the terms of her sentence again…?
“Completion of the Clown College curriculum” according to chapter 1, page 37. Ordinarily this would mean four years, Mcbell aimed to do it in two. So Squeaky here just cut her best estimate down by one and a half years with a pen-stroke.
“Look, that’s why there’s rules, understand? So that you think before you break ’em.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time
I feel like that’s a way to give her a choice. The whole problem here is that McBell never learned to choose for herself what she wants to do or who she wants to be. By cutting her sentence, Squeaky just forced her to choose whether she wants to remain a clown or get out before the ship sinks.