The Loyal Left Hand (short story)

The Loyal Left Hand was the second story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology Nobody's Children. It was written by Jonathan Blum.

This story was notable for heavily expanding on the history of both Draconia and the Draconians, who first appeared in Frontier in Space, and the newly introduced idea that the Draconian women were the true power behind the species proved to retroactively change the perspective of their previous appearances. Some of the concepts first introduced in this story were later expanded upon in Cold Blooded War! by regular Bernice Summerfield contributor Gary Russell.

Summary
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Characters

 * Bernice Summerfield
 * Lwpha
 * Isaac Summerfield II
 * Adrian Wall
 * Peter Summerfield
 * Mahalia
 * Jason Kane
 * Werther
 * Kothar
 * Ithva Kothar
 * Sharintha Kothar
 * Mim (Korenthai/Salthmanika)
 * Joseph
 * Lashenkavaar
 * Draconian driver
 * Draconian receptionist
 * Marthaleka
 * Riskilvar
 * Rathklin
 * Misilvar
 * Riskyva

Continuity

 * Benny scatters Lwpha's remains following their death. (PROSE: All Mimsy Were the Borogroves)
 * Benny recalls her kiss with Bev Tarrant. (AUDIO: Summer of Love)
 * Benny says that her misreadings of body language cost a girl from the Quire her sanity, (PROSE: Future Relations) that people she had righteously hated since her youth turned out not to have betrayed her after all (PROSE: The Soul's Prism) and people she had relied on revealed themselves as monsters. (AUDIO: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus)