Contentiblereddit t1_irvhowa wrote on October 11, 2022 at 10:49 AM

Reply to comment by DoctorWaluigiTime in Does the writing improve in later entries in the Dresden Files? by ChipsAhoiMcCoy

That's absolutely BS. If you can't think of a way to >!shut down a vulnerable teenage girl you might as well have been grooming before she gets naked, then you didn't want to shut it down.!<

fliponymousredux t1_irwlaj9 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:11 PM

He needed her to be absolutely certain she'd taken her absolutely best shot, no wiggle room, no "maybe if I'd tried harder". If he'd shut it down sooner she'd think she might still somehow have a chance.