Exile Chapter 35 Draft 4

I'm done with chapter 35 of the fourth draft of Exile and it can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

This is the first chapter of Part Four: Transfiguration. I had a lot of trouble naming this part. I didn't really have any idea what single word or phrase could describe everything that happens in the next 10 chapters. I finally settled on Transfiguration because Mal becomes a Samirreh, and goes on to learn how to become more than a Samirreh, and from there to transcend humanity completely. But not only does his body change over the rest of the storyline, he learns and grows as a person, becoming more than he was before, to be able to deal with all of the horrible things in his life.

Anyway, this chapter is the final chapter in the Patrick/Weasel storyline before it completely merges into the main storyline. It's not as long as the others before it because though the things that happen in it are monumental to these characters, not much needs to be said about them. It needed a bit of overhauling in this draft because of some continuity errors between what has happened in the third draft and what happens with these characters in the end. there will also be a lot of these sorts of errors to fix in the rest of the parts with them throughout the end.

This is one of the triumphing moments of this storyline. Both characters overcome something that has been a dark shadow over their lives for a very long time. Their ordeals have ended much sooner than Mal and Silmera's because of how few chapters there are about them, and because I needed a feel-good moment to break up all of the depressing horrible things that are happening in the other storyline. By the end of this chapter Patrick and Weasel have basically overcome nearly every obstacle that has been placed before them, and just have one last battle to survive before they can live happily ever after. There's still the whole name guessing thing, but that'll be taken care of later before the battle.