Three of Evenfall, Director’s Cut Volume 1 (Page 47 of 306)
“I’ll be nineteen in a week.”
Duly noted.
“Apparently, his connection to a woman who barely tolerated him would make him detestable to others.”
After all this time I have no idea what a tonfa is.
According to Wikipedia, the tonfa is a melee weapon best known for its role in the armed component of Okinawan martial arts. It consists of a stick with a perpendicular handle attached a third of the way down the length of the stick and is about 15–20 inches (380–510 mm) long. It looks something like this –
“When it comes to life and death, that’s all those issues ever are: petty and not worth dying over.”
“If the clientele is so dangerous, why is it in the main building instead of a separate one? And why that floor?”
Luke shrugged. “No clue. I know that when this compound was actually owned by Johnson’s Pharmaceuticals, there were a lot of secure labs in the Tower. The fourth floor may have been the location of one of them and already had a good setup. But to be honest, this whole compound isn’t well-designed from a security standpoint. I heard they’re eventually going to relocate to somewhere more updated, but who knows when that will happen.”
This raises some pretty interesting questions, but I do think this conversation is also a part of the original version. I wonder if the reason the Fourth is on the fourth floor of the main building is ever explained.
As it turns out a part of this conversation exists in the original version as well but the part about relocating is only mentioned in the DC version which again raises some interesting questions since we know that the Agency doesn’t shift in the subsequent books, I wonder why this particular tidbit was added. Also, Boyd offers his own perspective on why the Fourth is on the fourth floor of the Tower in the original version which does make sense.
“The man never seemed very thrilled to be doing whatever task was assigned to him, although from what Boyd had seen, Adam completed them with neat efficiency.”
I wonder how Boyd knows this about Adam. In both versions Boyd seems to be familiar with Adam despite the fact that there is no text supporting the same, also I wonder in what capacity Adam and Boyd would have met considering he didn’t even know Adam was also being tested for being Sin’s partner.
“It was his eyes, however, that made his appearance truly exceptional. They were almond-shaped, heavy-lidded, and shone like bits of jade. The hue was a dramatic contrast to his bronze complexion.”
Finally, we get introduced to Sin’s eyes, his eyes were definitely not mentioned until now to make this first comment by Boyd on his appearance hold that much more meaning. If you ask me it worked.
“Boyd learned Sin had a history of incarceration on the Fourth dating back nearly fourteen years when he had been inducted into the Agency as a teenager.”
So that makes Sin twenty-eight years old and roughly 9-10 years older than Boyd. Considering everything that these two are going to go through I have never given their ages much thought probably because Boyd acts way older than his age would indicate.
“Your skills of detection are quite unparalleled, Doctor.”
How did I ever forget Sin’s sense of humour? He is unbelievably funny in a morbid sense but maybe if you are reading Evenfall for the first time all the gore makes you miss out on these subtle cues because I definitely missed out on these the first time around.
Chapter 3 of Evenfall (page 74 of 1089)
“He probably won’t live out the next few months anyway. He’ll be gone before you know it. I can’t believe you’re getting all riled up over some faggy little twerp. I didn’t even know the bitch could conceive, though; that’s the most shocking part of that whole…”
This particular piece of conversation was cut short so it ends at somewhere near the word faggy but the last line is a gem. I really don’t like that woman.
So we get a little more about Boyd’s touch aversion in the original version which is more or less completely abbreviated in the DC version. But I appreciated this attention to detail and since Lou has already been introduced in the original version we also get details of a flashback along with a lot of detail into Boyd’s emotional state which personally I don’t mind getting into.
In the original version, the way to get into the Fourth is not so well hidden. While in the DC version the elevator leading to the Fourth is unmarked and slot where the card is inserted hidden, in the original version the elevator is marked Restricted and the device with the card slot is clearly visible. Also the original version comments on a camera at eye level inside the elevator.
One of the things I did find tedious in comparison to the DC version was Sin’s psychiatric evaluation which in the DC version it is to the point, in the original version there is a running commentary from Boyd throughout the session which at times distracts from the actual session and was a welcome deduction from the DC version.
There are a lot of little details like Carhart’s office which is described in detail in the original version. Also during the psychiatric session, Boyd notices a glimpse of Carhart’s relationship with Sin.
In the original version there is no time line for when Boyd and Sin are to start working together but in the DC version, their trial partnership is clearly stated to start in March.
Similarities between the two
Content is roughly the same. We get an introduction into Boyd’s training and the opinion of other agents in regards to what they view as nepotism. Also, we get a nice role reversal, the first time Sin sees Boyd, Boyd is the one being interviewed and spectated upon and this time it is the other way around. Also, we see Boyd’s first meeting with Carhart and him being officially chosen as Sin’s partner.
Differences between the two
There seem to be only minor details that are different between the two like the planned relocation of the agency and in the description to the entrance of the fourth.
There is a little bit more focus on Boyd’s emotional state in the original version but that is probably because of the fact that we already know about Liu. Also, there is no definite time frame in the original version for when Boyd and Sin are to start working.
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