So simple. And no wonder. She’d written it so many times before. Sometimes the antagonist had been less of a tyrant and more of a villain, yet still Archimedes Fox had been there, fearless and charming, defeating the oppressor with his charm and his sword. He’d been followed by Lady Lynx, with her fearless swagger and perfect aim. Now Zenobia was writing about a tinker girl who would build a machine that could toss a despot from his throne. It was the same. Exactly the same. The girl was smaller and weaker than Archimedes Fox and Lady Lynx, but she was just as fearless, with a sharp tongue and brilliant mind—and with no real doubts about whether she would win. Zenobia had gotten it all wrong. Every step her tinker took needed to be an act of courage—not just the final step, surrounded and protected by a mechanical suit. Her tinker needed to fear defeat. If she didn’t, the victory would be too easy. Perhaps even meaningless. Blast it all to hell.
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