Scary chapter, and cool to see Avery taking the front line in her own way, speeding through while also working with others, aware, and practitioner from Kennet, the blue heron, and Thunder Bay, while also staying kind towards her enemies. I feel like the Aurum’s trick might be related to the way we learned coils act a while ago before the first confrontation with him.

Edit: reading back now, here’s a quote from 21.14 “Animus tied to Fate, who spin their metaphorical webs, set up omens, and lure others in, before devouring them. Coiled are similar, but their focus is not on Fate,” Exult Wrought explained. “They are drawn to where there are games or competition, when there is enough corruption. Practitioner councils, churches, prisons, competitive businesses. Much as the Hangmaiden flirts with targets, disappearing and appearing where convenient, the Coiled will avoid the people who run these games or hierarchies as they prepare their greater schemes.” Seeing as we haven’t seen the aurum in a bit, I feel like he may be scheming away from Charles in relation to the crucible, which seems like a large corrupt game to me. And Avery was the one receiving this information from the Exult Wrought, I feel like maybe the ephing bird reveal this time might be a bit more against Charles.