Aug 10, 2026 · 57 min · 12 segments
Darrow's world just cracked wide open — chapters 8 through 14 take him from the mines straight into a secret plot to turn him into a Gold, complete with surgery, new eyes, dance lessons, and a card…
[laughs] Let's recap...
Well, not fully recap, just as a reminder where we ended the last week, earl- our last episode, ending chapter seven, Darrow died.
But wait, he didn't.
He's alive-
Ugh
... and he's with, he is with Harmony and the other boy, whatever, and they're like, "Now we're gonna take you to meet Dancer," and that's how it ends.
So let's pick up in chapter eight.
He's meeting Dancer, which if you're dr-
[laughs]
If anyone's like me, please tell me that you also pictured Santa's reindeer, because Dasher-
I did
... and Dancer-
No, I did
... and Prancer.
Thank you.
I d- okay, I actually didn't picture the reindeer himself, but I pictured a very Santa-esque man, and I couldn't-
Yes
... figure out why I was, like, putting those two things together.
That's why, the reindeer.
Well, that, the, that, and probably because of this line, and this is exactly how I opened with chapter eight in the outline.
I says, "This chapter opens with me thinking that Ellie has secretly written this book-
[laughs]
... due to this quote."
Yeah.
"But he," he being Dancer- ... is thick and terribly old, maybe in his 40s [laughs]
[laughs] Let's recap...
Well, not fully recap, just as a reminder where we ended the last week, earl- our last episode, ending chapter seven, Darrow died.
But wait, he didn't.
He's alive-
Ugh
... and he's with, he is with Harmony and the other boy, whatever, and they're like, "Now we're gonna take you to meet Dancer," and that's how it ends.
So let's pick up in chapter eight.
He's meeting Dancer, which if you're dr-
[laughs]
If anyone's like me, please tell me that you also pictured Santa's reindeer, because Dasher-
I did
... and Dancer-
No, I did
... and Prancer.
Thank you.
I d- okay, I actually didn't picture the reindeer himself, but I pictured a very Santa-esque man, and I couldn't-
Yes
... figure out why I was, like, putting those two things together.
That's why, the reindeer.
Well, that, the, that, and probably because of this line, and this is exactly how I opened with chapter eight in the outline.
I says, "This chapter opens with me thinking that Ellie has secretly written this book-
[laughs]
... due to this quote."
Yeah.
"But he," he being Dancer- ... is thick and terribly old, maybe in his 40s [laughs]
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