“Why bother with dappleglass at all? Why use the same contagion that had once killed
her canton, her home? Dappleglass, after all, is difficult, temperamental, and, obviously,
murderously uncontainable. It seemed a symbolic choice. Almost like a personal vendetta.
It made no sense---until we discussed the history of Oypat with the late Immunis
Nusis, who had personally served there during the canton’s death.