Nice job on the last 2 chapters. It was good to see Justine stand up for herself without becoming stupidly aggressive. Rather than just kill them all she found a less lethal way to disarm them, humiliate them, express her dominance, and assert herself. It would be a pretty funny point of view from someone from the mob, leaving their home with bravado and swagger to join the others in killing the "giant witch" formerly known as Justine, only to return to their family dazed, completely drenched, and reeking of urine, and having to explain exactly how Justine effortlessly defeated them all. Father Wesley tried to shame Justine on her "unladylike" behaviour but as a perpetually naked giantess who is tired of always being attacked Justine doesn't care anymore, and has taken on a more unashamed and assertive streak. Piss her off and she pisses on you, give her shit and well... It will be interesting to see how a more assertive Justine goes about laying down her dominance and rule over the town. It's something to look forward to. Still even the more assertive Justine has her limits, she's still pragmatic enough not to kill Father Wesley. Good call on not killing him off, even though he's not the most likeable character, realistically due to the important position he is in, he's one of the few characters that not even Justine can kill without some very negative consequences. I'm sure that he will have to mellow out anyways, after how all anyone could do was just watch as Justine publicly swallowed him, and spending time in her stomach to think things through. Besides his return to the community after being publicly swallowed is a good demonstration of mercy to the community.

When she was going to punish Christina, and later Aria (who is a criminal) I expected her to sentence them into servitude. She has no one to pick all the cattle bones stick in her teeth, wipe her when she relieves herself, or clean other hard to reach places. Things she can't practically do due to her size. I suspect Justine, who now rules the town, will probably sentence those caught misbehaving in the town to time in "community service," which of course, means servicing her.

Justine may have taken over this town, but what about the surrounding areas. When she wandered to a neighbouring farming community, she swallowed the man and his son (whom she threw up), got involved in the feud between Russel and Douglas, ate Russel's livestock and humiliated him, pooped out the remains of 5 people (including John and Amanda's mother), then ate Marvin in the night. How did the rest of the community react when they found Justine's waste with the 5 people in it, does Douglas' family blame Justine for Marvin's disappearance, and does Russel try to cause trouble and delight in Douglas' missing grandson. She also briefly visited that knight's town, but she didn't cause any trouble there.

Bertram's plan was completely stupid. With the title "An Unwitting inside tour" I was expecting Bertram to maybe have a clever plan to go with his brave plan to go through Justine's insides. Maybe, he had a large airtight casket with a window and just enough air inside to maybe get him through his tour through Justine. Or maybe a freak physical occurrence rendered him nearly invulnerable. Then you realize he's a dumb 13 year old with more courage than brains and that he has no real plan. He seriously thought that he could just enter Justine's stomach in the night to rescue his mother who was swallowed in the morning and simply cut his way out of Justine's innards with a little dagger, when long swords and spears have very little effect on her. He's a sad and sympathetic character but not a very smart one, and despite his bravery he will have accomplished nothing, and whoever is tasked with body retrieval will simply be recovering his and his mother's remains from Justine's waste the next time she moves her bowels. A lot of these characters are undeniably courageous, but bravery only goes so far in this story. Bertram, the guy in the mob who still continued to attack, the knights, all knew they were outmatched but still continued only to lose even more. Brave, sympathetic, but stupid. There are very good and detailed long descriptions of her victim's succumbing to her stomach in this chapter. Some previous victims like Brad and Francis drowned, but poor Bertram and Aria have to suffer through slow digestion.

Justine may be trying to moderate herself and take a more assertive attitude. Asserting herself and taking over the town rather than continuing with constant, one sided, skirmishes. She has more self control, and is more pragmatic, sparing Father Wesley when she realized she had to. Yet, she still has 4 people (Marvin, Lewis' mother, Bertram, and Aria) among the cattle parts in her intestines waiting to her to unload. And she still has killed people out of past grudges, like Lewis' mother and Aria. It will be very interesting to see her as the overseer of the town. And to see how she can try to make amends with character's like John and Amanda, maybe tell them where they can retrieve their mother's remains. Looking forward to see how things will develop in this well detailed and epic length story.

Author's Response:

I am sure Justine will be finding ways to subject people to "community service" shortly to punish them as she tries harder not to kill people out of guilt, remorse and fear of rejection by Mark/Kevin. Not even to mention how irritating being a giantess with no clothing, shelter or tools to use can be. That and I get the feeling Justine is starting to enjoy the power her size project's upon her fellow smaller weaker human beings.