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I think more than any other story in the collection so far, this is the one that's suffered the most from the limited page count.

Unlike the other stories so far that have told stories of more small-scale or personal conflicts, while on the surface The Last Few Pages seems to be doing so with Agamya, the level of stakes that are being dealt with here are much higher, and, unfortunately, don't get as much time to be explored. Everything we do get with Agamya, from her lying to Az, to her response to seeing her family, to the very end with her confrontation with Giles, is great, but it feels somewhat overshadowed by the extreme stakes, setup for future stories, and callbacks to older ones.

Erasmus Gretorix is a really interesting antagonist, and I think does a great job of paralleling PROBE itself. PROBE as an organisation are frequently in over their heads, barely making it out by the skin of their teeth, and Erasmus here is very much the same, dabbling with powers far beyond him, and unlike PROBE, he doesn't make it out.

In short, I like pretty much everything this story has to offer, but I just wish we were able to have more time with everything. Each part of this story deserves just a little more to really flesh it out, and the medium it's within just doesn't give it that space to breathe unfortunately.

 


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