I am constantly surprised at how much you love this universe. I suppose I shouldn’t be with how much you shaped it- directly and indirectly. Still nice job on the descriptions and the mystery.
I have two universes I have worked on in the past – a hard SF one of my own concoction and this, the steampunk WBP. I would say I have explored the former in the greatest depth and the latter in the greatest breadth.
It may be of relevance to some that the point of view switches between that of The Master of Messages and Rokhin, the Assistant Master of Messages, throughout the series.