Well, that leads to the question of whether the submarine is a locked form, or if it can be rebuilt. Corwin wouldn't be in desperate need of a submarine, as far as I can imagine. If the nanotechnology or whatever that formed the submarine could be reformatted - say, into a starship...

>
>I now truly see the long reach of Akio Ohtori. It seems I've been
>underestimating him, but I should have known better. Not for nothing
>is he Duke Cocytus. I, like others, dread what he could do with
>Annabelle and Garnet. He's certainly bent a lot of power arranging
>this. The loss of some of his more notable manpower is certainly going
>to tax him, and I can't help but think he's not quite come out ahead.
>

The fact that he succeeded as well as he did is actually rather scary, considering that Corwin's curse should be hampering his effectiveness.

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>It seems, also, that everyone's leveled up again. Not nearly as
>dramatically as during the timeskip between Symphony No. 3 and No. 4,
>but still noticeable. Outright use and reference to the Force suggest
>Kate and Utena have been doing some reading over the past few months.
>

It wouldn't surprise me if Utena had taken some time to talk with Shan Bastila, both to try mending fences a little more and to talk a little about the whole Force thing.

Peter Eng
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