ATDTDA (5.1) - The Etienne-Louis Malus

Monte Davis monte.davis at bms.com
Fri Mar 23 07:11:16 CDT 2007


David Morris wrote:

>
> The evidence that the CoC exist in the "real" world of AtD is in their
> interaction with characters on the ground in Chicago and elsewhere
> (Merle, Dahly, Lew, etc.).

This needs to be qualified with that line on p. 36:"...the great national
celebration possessed the exact degree of fictitiousness to permit
the boys access and agency.  The harsh nonfictional world waited outside 
the
White City's limits..."

So yes, there's interaction, but only under (un)certain circumstances.
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