Niagara · After dusk
The Path
to Paradise.
A farmhouse in Niagara.
A problem somewhere else.
Whatever brought you here, you needn’t explain it on the doorstep.
Come in
The World’s Most Dangerous Woman
A short interactive introduction
Magnus D. Lyme
The powerful call her dangerous.
Her friends call her Maggie.
A former investigative journalist. Now a consultant with a farmhouse, a very good memory, and a habit of asking inconvenient questions.
What would you like to know? Open any question.
Why do they call you dangerous?
“I do my research. Some people find that very inconvenient.”
They tried to silence her. It didn’t take. These days, when Magnus arrives wearing red, she has usually finished asking questions.
How do you work?
“I listen. I investigate. I test what I think I know. Then we see what can be done.”
She knows that fear can make a bad situation look permanent. Evidence has a way of changing the view.
What matters to you?
“Friends. Animals. Swedish punk. People being allowed to get on with their lives.”
And Queen’s Heights: the independent city-state beside her farmhouse. Downtown, the old Weavers and Tenney building has a clocktower shaped like a hammer. Independence has its own sense of humour.
No need to ask everything.
A cup of tea later
Dangerous to whom?
The tea is good. The conversation is easy. Eventually, you ask the question.
“Should I be worried?”
“Have you been making other people afraid?”
“No.”
“Then do have another cup.”
You still don’t know all her secrets.
You know why people come here.
The end of a first encounter.