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Haru meets a regency superhero Lucien
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"I don't anticipate that being a problem for the Duke."

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"Then yeah, I would be more than happy to hire the guy an aquarium setup and maintenance consultant and pay for all his fish and coral if he could get me home, easy peasy."

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"Unfortunately we can't just tell him this directly, given his distaste for commerce, but we can ensure that he hears rumors about Narnian fish tanks. I should consult my notes on gossip networks for what exactly would be the best way to do this."

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"It's very fun that you have those."

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"It was rather fun making them."

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"How d'you gather the data for them?"

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"The initial version was based solely on my knowledge of people's relationships, but in order to improve on that, I sounded out people to discover when they heard particular pieces of gossip, and then used that, along with my knowledge of social calendars, to determine which people would find out gossip shortly after which other people.... I've also twice arranged to be on a balcony looking down at a party when someone was informed about a particularly interesting piece of new information, and catalogued exactly who talked to whom and for how long. And had Sophie report to me when she found out and from whom."

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"She must be terribly fond of you to do non-weather-related tasks."

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"Yes, we're rather close and she does appreciate my help with her social life, even if she detests most things about having a social life."

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"It's a pity she has to anyway. I think she'd be really happy in my world. Modulo demon."

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"Because your world has more knowledge about weather?"

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"And photography."

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"Photography?"

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"The instant capture of images more precise and accurate than any painting."

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"Oh wow... should we be tabling discussion of how it works for when you are next backlashed?"

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"Probably, though also I don't know a lot about the mechanics of it."

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"I suspect I will have follow-ups, like I did with the clothing and electricity." She adds it to the list of deferred discussion topics, in the 'Haru's World' subsection.

 

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"Are we going out a-vigilanteing again soon?"

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"I have it scheduled for tomorrow evening."

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"Are there a lot of others? Do you know who any of them are?"

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"A lot of other vigilantes, or criminals?"

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"Vigilantes."

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"I believe this season the local paper has covered two, aside from myself, though it's still rather early. And probably a few of the previous years' vigilantes will show up as well..."

She can find her copy of the London Gazette - there are articles discussing the exploits of "Fishey Eyes", "The Burnt Dog", and "Ton o' Iron". 

"- I believe that last one is a rather garbled account of our fight with Metcalfe."

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Ooh what's it say?

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In its version of the events, three scoundrels attacked an innocent, unnamed merchant's carriage. The driver of the carriage managed to evade the villains for long enough that Ton o' Iron - an acquaintance of the driver - was able to arrive from London proper. According to the letter Ton o' Iron is a hulking man with armor a foot thick and blows so strong that they shook the earth for miles around.  

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