- So this took longer than I expected! Mainly, I just wasn’t sure what I wanted beyond covering proximity illness and Lahore.
- Alves is Portuguese—I didn’t misname an African general.
- I tried to write this without peeking into Alves’s mind, limiting myself mostly to descriptions of actions. I think it came out alright, but it was hard.
- RIP Mushroom. I’m sure someone will miss you!
- I used FantasyNameGenerators.com for his name. Really. He’s seriously just a plot device.