If Noycannir is being set up to fail, it's not because anyone has anything against her -- it's just that her patron has his goals, and he doesn't care what the cost is to his tools.

With each reread I get more sympathy for her, but I still don't *like* her, not at all. She could be the plucky outsider besting the system, but instead she is realistically bitter, suspicious, and ill-equipped to cope with this role she's been thrust into. #Jurisdiction