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บท 59: AUTHOR Q&A

Hello, my sexy readers and uglies in between. It's your handsome author, Corn, with some answers to your questions and concerns.

*****Question 1) Corn, why is this arc going so slow?

Good question, a very fair one indeed. This arc is, without a doubt going slower than the first one for a few reasons. The main one being that I wanted to go deeper into his training before him meeting the team and etc, so I thought, why not make the training arc a detailed one.

But as I pondered over this decision, I came to the painful realization that if I made the training arc too long or too detailed, I would fall into the [baby arc curse]. What's the [baby arc curse], you might be asking.

Well, the [baby arc curse] is when an author spends too much time on an arc that, while necessary it's unimaginably boring for the readers, giving birth to a writing paradox, as I like to call it. No pun intended.

The paradox or conundrum is the following. The arc is necessary for the story to develop; however, the being necessary does not make it fun, therefore, attacking your audience. Now, if you don't do the arc, you also end up attacking your audience, but if you do it, you also attack it.

See the dilemma?

Well, in order to avoid falling into the [baby arc curse], I decided to make this training arc relatively short while also keeping all the important elements I need for future arcs. Basically, to avoid the [baby arc curse] or attacking you all by leaving crucial details or information for later arcs or chaps, I decided to meet my goals and your needs as readers in the middle.

What do I mean by meeting my goals and your needs as readers in the middle?

Well, like I said a few lines ago, I decided to make this training arc relatively short. It ends in chapter 63; it's not really an arc perse, more of a sub-arc if you wish to name/label it, of 13 total chaps.

*****Question 2) Corn, will any other arcs be like this mini/subarc?

No. I studied my novel and what I wanted from it. And, because of it, most of the slow development of the novel is within this small chap.

*****Question 3) Corn, is Raven the love interest?

Who knows?

All that is set in stone is that Raven will be his closest friend if that evolves into something else? I won't say.

*****Question 4) Will the MC get all of the powers he's supposed to?

Yes, and more. Some of which the Original Black Bolt never acquired or learned he had because he never trained with that aim, as his main focus was mostly control and restraint, not the development of his powers.

*****Question 5) Will the MC change his views or goals?

Yes, yes, he will. To what end? I won't say. For you guys to truly admire and see his change, you need to experience his life and the events that mold his end as a character.

*****

Now, I think those are all the main questions I have seen from everybody so far. So, if you have any questions, please comment on this little paragraph, and I will reply with an answer when time allows it.

Love you all, Corn.


บท 60: CHAPTER 55

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[David Lance POV]

Following the lead, the one I had procured last night at the museum, I arrived in Lyon, France, in the evening of the following day, where upon arrival, I immediately made my way to a small alleyway off of Rue des Capucins.

I didn't have much to go by with the lead I had, but if my hunch was right, the answers I was looking for were in Lyon.

Taking a deep breath, I approached the alley that was right ahead, noticing a group of men gathered around a fire in a metal barrel looking warm, that as I drew closer, made them turn to look at me in a startled manner.

"Who are you?" One of them asked in French, his hand moving to his waist where I could clearly see the outline of a gun.

At this, I raised my hands, putting on a submissive facade to discourage any altercation from happening.

Seeing my hands high above my head, the men exchanged glances for a few moments until one of them, the oldest one of the group, stepped forward, calming his gun-owning friend.

"Calm down, Alex," The older man sighed, shaking his head, his voice gruff as he gently pushed his friend to the side before glancing at me. "What are you doing out here, kid? These parts at night are dangerous."

Seeing his question as a green light to lower my hands without starting anything, I made a gesture to try and explain I was a mute.

This caused the old man to chuckle, his gruff voice and demeanor softening a bit as he looked at me.

"Ain't that something," The old man said, looking me up and down before shaking his head. "What's your name?"

I smiled at the man before slowly reaching into my pocket, pulling out a notepad and pencil I always carried with me, before quickly scribbling down my answer. - Hi, my name is Tom, please tell your friend not to shoot me. I'm allergic to death.-

The old man took a brief second to read my answer before letting out a hearty laugh, with some of his friends joining in as well, most of the group having found my response clearly amusing to some degree.

"It's been a while since I had a good laugh," The old man said after a few moments, wiping a tear from his eye. "Well, kid, my name is Jacques, and these are my friends." At this, Jacques made a gesture toward his friends before continuing. "What brings you out here to our neck of the alleys?"

Deciding to go straight to the point, I grabbed my pen and quickly scribbled down my answer on the notepad before showing it to Jacques. -I'm looking for someone, a burglar known as "Grey Shadow". I was told he might be in Lyon.-

Jacques frowned at this. "You are too young to be a cop."

I smiled, nodding at his comment, writing something else on my notepad. -Grey Shadow stole something important to me. I have no qualms with the Burglar; all I want is to recover what this person took from me, the last memory of mom.-

It was a cheap tactic, I knew, but either way, their reactions to this would give me more information. 

For one, if they knew about Grey Shadow and still decided not to help me, they would undoubtedly spread the rumor, and rumors usually find their way to their targets.

On the other hand, if they decided to help me, I would get into one of the best networks of information any city has, homeless people. They know more than people would like to even imagine; that's the thing when society makes a group invisible for convenience.

They might not see them, pretending they don't exist for the sake of keeping a societal bubble, but regardless of how they felt, those sentenced to be ignored and forgotten were still there, seeing the world turn and the events unfold, one at a time.

Jacques and his friends looked at each other for a few moments, as if silently discussing something between them with just glances and small gestures, before Jacques finally sighed, looking back at me.

"Listen, kid," Jacques said, his voice gruff but not unkind. "We don't want any trouble with the law."

So, option one it is. They will spread the rumors for me, eventually leading me to my target. Good.

Taking a deep breath, I nodded understandingly before writing something else on my notepad and showing it to Jacques, taking his focus on my notepad to quickly attach a small tracker the size of a button to his tattered clothes. - I get it. No need to cross lines for a random kid on the streets. I will keep searching though, that ring the burglar took, that's all I have left from my mother, so I won't give up.-

Jacques frowned at this before taking a deep breath. "I'm sorry I can't help you out. But be that as it may, I wish you the best of luck, kid."

I smiled, waving at them warmly before calmly taking my leave, my job on the alley done. 

Now that the seeds were there, all I had to do now was keep an eye out for any sprouts. After all, one of them was bound to be my beanstalk leading me to Grey Shadow.

In the meantime, I would find a hotel to set camp, maybe the one I saw ten blocks before reaching the alley. 

That one seemed to be close enough for me to comfortably monitor the area while keeping a safe enough distance so as to not alert anyone of my presence.

All in all, it seemed like this trip to Lyon wouldn't be as fruitless as I had initially thought it would be. 

It was all a matter of time before I managed to track Grey Shadow; the question now was, what did Batman want me to do once I did?

It was more than evident that Batman didn't intend for me to apprehend the burglar because, knowing the Dark Knight as I did, if he truly wanted Grey Shadow in jail, he would've made sure this mysterious cat burglar was locked down by his own hand.

Maybe Batman wanted me to learn under the burglar.


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