Malcris found the weak part of our report before I finished explaining the strong one.
"Your successful link interruption depended on Liora maintaining the target's orientation," he said.
I looked at the combat sheet.
"Yes."
"Your report opens with the three-angle pattern. The dependency appears two paragraphs later. Reverse them."
I had expected questions about my power. I hadn't expected a useful correction to the way I described it.
I read the opening again. Every sentence was true. Put together in that order, they still made it sound as if Liora had helped after I created the result, instead of keeping the target exposed so the result could happen at all.
I drew an arrow from the later paragraph to the top of the page. It was a small change and a fairly unpleasant one to need pointed out.
Malcris waited until I finished. He didn't look satisfied with himself. That would have been easier to dislike.
"And the aborted preparation stays in?" I asked.
