Yes. Game could be my way into the authority over Entertainment. I could develop the Otherworld's entertainment industry bit by bit until I held that authority... And travelers on the train would take to Game. Steam Train journeys were dull; Game would give them something to do. If it caught on, those travelers could spread the word and lay the groundwork for my plans.
Jiang Hao silently applauded Avram Krell's idea.
Why does this partnership feel like a business negotiation, though?
What are Planeswalker Cards? I don't know, but I'll recommend the Game to my friends when I get back... Fiona Russell's grief had begun to fade, and her spirits were recovering.
"How will you deal with the Corruption of words and knowledge caused by the former God of Knowledge, now the Lord of Omniscience?" Ieta Cavendish asked.
Planeswalker Cards sounded like something new, which put the game squarely among the things vulnerable to Corruption. If the former scholar could not solve that problem, Ieta would refuse. He had no wish to see monsters appearing aboard his Steam Trains. It would deal the trains a devastating blow and disrupt his plans.
Right, there's the Corruption too... Could Mr. Paper Doll solve it? Surely he could. The Corruption came from a powerful Evil God, but Mr. Paper Doll had once served that god. He must know a way! Fiona Russell had great faith in Mr. Paper Doll.
Of course I solved it.
Though it cost me the idea of newspapers, one of the new things included in the knowledge His Highness gave me.
Avram Krell felt a pang at the thought of what he had given away. Unable to solve the Corruption himself, he had been forced to "contribute" the idea of newspapers to the Goddess of Ice and Snow. In