> > Normally in society many people won't try to make friends with one. It's up to the one to make friends with the many.
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> But in society everybody is "the one". The many are made up of ones.
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If you enter a new office, though, you have to make the effort to be friendly or everyone will keep you at a distance.
> > Though also Tom hasn't met any of the people who are naturally friendly.
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> Asil seemed naturally friendly. And I think he's met Vizh and Glory.
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Not long enough apparently.
> > > [On exiting an airoplane by stealth] That's the kind of thing a fantasy combat/stealth type might do, but not the kind of thing a reader would buy for a "normal" person to pull off. Airports take their security very seriously. And don't forget that Tom was being followed by at least three on-flight agents, even if one of them was drugged and two were stuck in second class.
> > I bet those orbs Tom has might allow him to leave the plane even while it's in midair.
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> How? They're intangible semi-sentient spheres that can possess magic or technology. They don't let him fly, protect him from sub-zero temperatures, make him invisible, or allow him to teleport.
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There are techological teleporters on the ground somewhere.
> > Other than that, though, planes are big places. While most people don't realize it, someone like Chiaki makes a business of knowing that, and also knowing police strategies.
> > She knows if she goes to the bathroom just before landing and doesn't come back, two things could occur: 1) She could escape through panels in the floor or ceiling without being detected (being small helps a lot with that), and 2) By the time the marshalls realize it the plane will be landing and they'd have to wait in their seats for safety - cutting their search time drastically.
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> That's Keiko, whose whole shtick is about being a stealthy ninja type. My question was how could Tom have escaped the aircraft when it landed at Heathrow given his resources.
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He could have had the plane stop farther away from where the police were camped out, and then taken possession of a vehicle before they arrived.
