I’m currently enjoying the third book and I agree. MRK clarified in a later post that she was looking for wheelchair users specifically, so I think Olli is outside the remit here. But a great character in any case.

It’s a bit of a stretch in a couple of directions, but a main ensemble member in Tchaikovsky’s Final Architecture series uses mechanical walkers/exoskeletons, including a badass one she calls The Scorpion, to adapt to her mobility challenges.

Possibly comforting:
“It’s silly to be depressed by it. I mean one thinks of it as like being alive in a box, one keeps forgetting to take into account that one is dead….. which should make all the difference. Shouldn’t it?”

Also - Batman without Alfred is pretty much canonically a psychopath. And I’m nervous about the Avengers without Jarvis.

That is totally fair. I saw the Hanshin Tigers play Nippon Ham once as part of a larger trip and it was one of my favorite baseball experiences ever. But we had a local guide of sorts.

Have you considered a Japan baseball trip?

Who is the funniest person that they could give the first FIFA Peace Prize to? I’ll start the bidding with Cristiano Ronaldo.

His slide was so weird.

Oh - and the dumbest of all possible Google AI ads.

Also - how does he think Freeman started 120+ feet from that play?

Yes. Absolutely.