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Talli Ruksas
Talli Ruksas asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Is Tripoint Pittsburgh? Relistening to SK series for the umpteenth time and remembered staying in a hotel across from Three Rivers Stadium. Also a question came up on Facebook. Barr and Remo watched Dag unbeguile but can they also do it?

Lois McMaster Bujold
In the rough & ready sort of way I'm taking inspiration from Midwestern American rather than the bog-standard European models for fantasy worlds, yep, Pittsburgh. (My parents' hometown, btw.)

Barr and Remo can probably learn how to do unbeguiling much as they learn other groundwork, as their skills and strength grow. Some Lakewalkers will doubtless be better or worse at it than others, through innate capacity or personal psychology.

Ta, L.
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