Teres

- Sure, the ferryman is supposed to be unreasonable, but I get the distinct impression that Douglass forgot about the visibility.

Unreasonable, huh? How dare someone want to be safe at home during a bad winter storm? The nerve of this guy...to actually have common sense and avoid weather that could kill you if you're exposed to it for too long. I don't care if they're right there within spitting distance, I would tell them in no uncertain terms that the ferry was closed, come back after the storm passes.

- When he sees Faraday and Yr, the ferryman immediately thinks that they are both “very beautiful”, but he likes the “blonde wench” just a little better.

We get it, Douglass. You really don't need to have every NPC tell us how beautiful the girls are. We figured that out the first dozen times you did it. Plus, it's a little weird that everyone who notices them seems to have the same taste in women. There is no universal standard for beauty, even if you're speaking objectively.

- Over to Yr, she “dip[s] her eyes coquettishly” at the ferryman, thinking that it never hurts to “turn a man’s mind from money to lust”,

I can't wait until Yr meets someone who has absolutely no interest in women or sex. It's going to blow her mind. I know Douglass would never let that happen, but it's fun to imagine.

- He asks if the ferryman would want him to tell to Borneheld himself that he was “churlish enough to demand payment from her” as she hurried to her lord,

It's also kind of annoying to imply that the ferryman apparently doesn't have the right to make a living and ask for payment for his passengers. Yes, the price is unreasonable in this case, but I have a feeling that he could have asked for a bottlecap and Timozel would have gotten angry. If he offered to give them a free ride, that would be one thing, since it would be his choice. But for Timozel to demand that he let them cross for free is kind of scummy.

- This is not something I would want to see just for someone trying to rip off our protagonists, so credit to Douglass for reinforcing just how bad Timozel was acting just now (I have a suspicion that is only because he is supposed to turn bad, though).

At least she calls it out as bad behavior. I would half expect her to act like her characters are entitled to free things wherever they go, but I'm not giving her any points for this. She's pissed me off too many times for me to grant her any good will.

- Faraday then says she will “miss him terribly” in the coming months

I WON'T.