She might feel the prison was too easy, though - for now, at least, until they try and pick on her at home. Of course, there, she has a ghost, a god, and an android who all hate intruders.





The question now is whether it's something Book knows will happen anyway, or something he'll force Hat into. The distinction might be who's willing or able to help him, or if he needs help. For instance Faite would be more likely to help him (though being her way, probably subtly) if he's being forced into it.

Actually that side note about Faite, it's because when she took this journey to understand and bond with people, I sort of had the perception that she's going to have to choose whether to help a friend who's scheduled to die, even though it will mean a lot of peripheral corrective work to make it possible - in other words, an emotional decision rather than a logical one. Hat's a good possibility if somehow the new Serious Matter infusion was set to kill him quickly. She doesn't particularly care if she annoys Gideon Book - there's probably a long list of ways she annoys him already.





Yuki is definitely going to make fun of him for that. In a good-natured way.





Getting arrested or raided before an election isn't going to help her chances. Then again, she might be running against Harry Flask, which would make things interesting at least.