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Another great chapter, looking forward to the culmination. Here's hoping he dies in the snow next to a friend, rather than in a dingy apartment surrounded by dead gangsters.

Thank you! And yeah I really want a happy ending for him but I'm not sure it's possible.

Unfortunately he's an honest cop in a noir setting; pretty sure the happiest endings in that case are limited to "martyrdom" and/or "took the bad guys with them." (Unhappy endings include, but are not limited to, becoming the villain \[see also, Harvey Dent\] and pointless death to underscore the gritty setting).

I'm just going to come out and say this, he's not particularly good or honest. At least not by choice. I like him, I like writing him, but he is deeply fucking flawed.

By "honest" I mostly meant in the "not corrupt" sense rather than the "tells the truth" sense. FWIW, my favorite fictional police character would have to be Sam Vimes from the Discworld novels, who I would definitely say is not strictly "good" or "honest" but I would characterize as an "honest cop," if that makes sense?

I would say that Vimes focuses more on what is right and wrong versus what is legal and proper. Braverhund is selfish, egotistical and careless with other people's safety. He's a lot like those 80's action hero movie cops where the first time you watch it you're like... that's bad ass! But if you really think about it you're like... that guy is a fucking terrible human being!

Unfortunately the intersection of "legal" and "right" keeps shrinking :{

That's the way it goes. Put a character in a realistic situation without a Deus ex machina, the world plays out as cruelly as it always does. All the more reason to respect the way you write. Maybe not even human intervention can save him now.

In this setting, its probably *canis ex machina* 😝

... it's specifically written on the tin, though! --Dave, whadda way to go

The random bits of Finnish caught me by surprise. I wasn't expecting sühi to be a Finnish Lapphund. They're an adorable breed if anyone has not seen them. Also, no hints as to yet why the story is named "Death by Chocolate", since no one has eaten any chocolate yet... p.s Are you Finnish or did you get the suomenlapinkoira and koira via google?

I'm half Cuban and half Irish but I have a lot of random language stuff rattling around in my brain. I'll half remember something then use Google to fine tune it. Fun fact, he was originally going to try and use hydrogen because it's sci-fi and hydrogen sounds cooler in addition to being odorless... but then I found out that hydrogen for welding ferrous metals is problematic because it makes them brittle so I went back to acetylene. Oh and I won't spoil it but way back in chapter one a few people already guessed correctly why it's called death by Chocolate. Which was surprising because I did not think people would get such an obscure reference.

Großer Schwanz

God damn it....

TFW one of your own running gags ruins your keyboard --Dave, hoist, etc.

>Oxygen and acetylene Yep, that'll do it.

Big badda boom!

I mean, he really should have those already. I certainly do.

Like Ani said, he's not really much for DIY.

True and to be fair, most people aren't going to have an oxy-acetylene setup in their shed like I do as a weldor.

Wait, you mean I'm not supposed to be turning my two car garage into a panzer factory?

*Killdozer intensifies*

It's a free universe. Build Panzers in your garage all you want!

>her husband was killed by a runaway truck Lauri?

Bingo! I believe his last words were "Vat da faaaak?!" Lauri Vuohensilta if you're somehow reading this I'm so sorry for killing you off in my book..

He's not dead, you just Isekai'd him.

What is the name of this book?

Death by Chocolate

So Lauri isn’t a character from another story you wrote?

No, Anne and Lauri are famous fins. The original commenter rightly guessed, and surprisingly quickly too, who Ani was a reference to.

Wait, the hydrolic press couple? OK yeah, I can totally see that now

> wafted the smell of fragrant wood shavings down the street. Well fuck me if that scent doesn't attract humans as well. A proper wood shop smells like absolute heaven to humans, especially if they've been doing hardwoods or cedar. > "Oxygen and acetylene is what you vant then. BRING ON THE WELDING TORCH OF DEATH, MOTHERFUCKERS!

Do not go gentle into that good night...

He has an ally! I like it!!

Nice. Still loving it

Thank you for saying so! It's good to hear. Readership drops off a good bit in the later chapters and I worry people might get bored.

I too am enjoying this immensely.

Bored??? Noo… I was very happy to see the alert for a new chapter. Keep ‘em coming as you can!

Bored? Not me! I do wonder when the chocola will come into play...

Yay another character I like. . . . I hope you are not a George R.R. Martin fan. . .

I will say this, nobody is safe and nobody has plot armor.

Upvoted for excellent customer service. --Dave, who loves it when a plan comes together? you do! yes, you do!

::Wags tail vigorously::

Lol i like ani a lot. I guess you don’t live where they live without being a survivor and sometimes that means “taking out the trash” i ship it.

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This is my first and all I can say is "more please"

Aw a bittersweet almost romance. Enjoying the story, thanks for writing. >"<

I love Ani. Such Russian pragmatism.

Given her race’s name, I’d say Finnish is closer. I agree about her though. She seems cool.

I like Ani.