Edvar has drank the truth serum. S. returns to the barrel room and is providing some time for the wine to take effect. The chaos is building up slowly. S goes past the two servant in a place where he would be able to hear Edvar’s address. Jen wonders if this is the part where FXC has started constructing the last chapter herself. Eric still tries to think that the style following this part of the text still pertains to that of VMS himself. However, Jen is critical about this thought and mentions that FXC could’ve tried to imitate VMS’s style very well.

I wonder if this is where Filomela started reconstructing

IT DOES FEEL LIKE A SHIFT- BUT NOT A HUGE ONE- PLENTY OF WHAT COMES AFTERWARD IS CLASSIC VMS.

She had to know his style pretty well, though…