Episode 37: THE FAITH OF BEASTS, Pt. III.B; Pressure Drives Convergence (Ch. 18-19)

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Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. This is the sixth part of our coverage of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series! This episode is spoilers for the entirety of The Captive's War Universe.

In this episode:

• Campar is trying to make Ghati forget that they are slaves on an alien warship through the power of positive thinking.
• Rickar is chopping it up with Vaudai and chopping down Campar's optimism.
• Surur-Tlassen has a fun day meeting the Sovran while she's taking a bath, talking with some private creche dudes, and killing a random animal that wandered the wrong way
• Clint has some weird mic stuff (sorry!) and gets jealous of the Sovran's vocal dexterity.
• Brigid says hi to her mom and expounds on the Carryx hierarchical language structure. 
• We discuss whether it's better to be an optimist or a pessimist in times of extreme danger and stress, and come down firmly on one side of the debate over whether the Carryx are a hive mind (SPOILER: they aren't).
• Surur has a friend called Urur, and you thought GRRM was bad with names.

Join us next time when Tonner Fries has a no good very bad day. Follow the Mercy of Pods on social media at themercyofpods, or email us at [email protected]. Logo by Matt Howse. Music is Push The Button by Sid Luscious and the Pants. Read Brigid's stuff here.

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