Personally attacked by Mercedes, who after writing 50% of a book in which nothing was happening…

Personally attacked by Mercedes, who after writing 50% of a book in which nothing was happening introduced a race of enslaved elementals. Oh, some interest! Some tension perhaps! He’s being watched by the magical servants of the emperor! Then THWIP she whipped away the football, the elementals are conveniently just immediately on the protagonist’s side, and they can’t lie, ontologically, so we…