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Meanwhile, several side-characters found themselves looking for a sub-plot in the tavern. Something funny, or perhaps romantic to take the load off of the main story, but still tense enough to keep the pace going. Or maybe something that will let them introduce important elements to the main plot without the reader knowing that's what's going on... And that's pretty much what subplots are, and what they're for. But if we skip to the ending that way they can't do their job! So listen to the whole eighteen-minute podcast, and we'll rejoin our main characters next week, as the automated orbital lance counts down to zero...
By Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler4.6
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Meanwhile, several side-characters found themselves looking for a sub-plot in the tavern. Something funny, or perhaps romantic to take the load off of the main story, but still tense enough to keep the pace going. Or maybe something that will let them introduce important elements to the main plot without the reader knowing that's what's going on... And that's pretty much what subplots are, and what they're for. But if we skip to the ending that way they can't do their job! So listen to the whole eighteen-minute podcast, and we'll rejoin our main characters next week, as the automated orbital lance counts down to zero...

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