I’ve long debated asking this, because “if you have to ask, you don’t want to know” feels quite applicable. Curiosity has got the better of me. What, pray, is this garment & (if not self evident) its purpose? My imagination can take the answers in ever so many ways/ “Like this one: unwrapping a canvas bundle to reveal a garment that seemed to be made entirely of lengths of fine chain. He’d give a lot to know when she’d have occasion to wear a gown like this.…”
Excerpt From
Stormlight
Ed Greenwoodhttps://t.co/h6fMknP3WU— 🌈Jaye🦄Em🌹Edgecliff🏳️🌈 (@jayeedgecliff) February 13, 2019
P.S. if you happen to be talking to someone who can do something about it: the company that eBook-ified this novel introduced some very odd typos.
— 🌈Jaye🦄Em🌹Edgecliff🏳️🌈 (@jayeedgecliff) February 13, 2019
1) Heh. It’s a high-fashion gown, suitable for wearing to formal court feasts and ceremonies, that is indeed made entirely of lengths of fine chain. He THOUGHT it’d be both too revealing and uncomfortable (hence useless), but what he didn’t know was that it’s…#Realmslore 2) …enchanted, and when worn and the magic is "turned on," the gown emanates force armor (flexible layer akin to a wall of force) that protects against physical attacks and deflects back many magical ones, too. While remaining a drop-dead "killer" gown. ;}
The…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 13, 2019
3) …explanation for that was one of many prose passages in that book that hit the cutting-room floor. I was still writing to contracted wordcount and then having novels cut severely in-house to fit newer, smaller wordcount decisions. :{#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 13, 2019
