Notes, comments, and thoughts about the issue. Additional comments are welcome.

Issue #21 (Chapter 5 in the Blue Book)

• Page 1 - Is this the voice of the Wishing Key we're getting in the scroll captions, maybe?
• Page 2 - Smith Robins appears to be quite the idealistic soldier chap. I wonder if later in the series he'll become disillusioned with the actions of the city militia.
• Page 2 - More hints at a coming war. But with whom?
• Page 3 - Likely a picture of Islen and Baily on the wall in the background.
• Page 4 - Whatever happened the Mr. Porter? Was he like Heath's Uncle Peter, much like Jenny Porter is similar to Heath's Aunt Jay?
• Page 6 - The lettering on the street sign is decidedly not English characters, but the marketplace in the earlier issues had signs in English. Is Asaria a multi-lingual city, with different dialects dominating different areas of the city? Or did M'Oak just not wanna think up a random street name? ;-)
• Page 7 - Is the building Soracia's standing on anything special, or just some ruins? Was it once her home, within sight of Quinton's tower?
• Page 9 - The potion seems to just have sped up the healing process, rather than completely patched Rubel up.
• Page 10 - Will the mice come back into the story later?
• Page 12 - Who did the tower use to belong to?
• Page 13 - Whose magic is it that keeps the path hidden unless you go to the tower first. It doesn't match Quinton or Soracia's modus operandi.
• Page 14 - Rubel meant to reassure Heath about Jurid, but he didn't. Varkias hypothesizes that this is because the Soracia made him take the message.
• Page 16 - Rubel's grandfather in the background, maybe?
• Page 19 - Rubel says that he and Varkias almost found the key. Almost? Will this be (hopefully) explained next issue?

Contributors
Brian Birgen (bbirgen@math.purdue.edu) - Notes on the magic hiding the path, and Rubel's message to Heath about Jurid.

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