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From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject: Re: MT VOID, 06/13/25 -- Vol. 43, No. 50, Whole Number 2384
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In article <102maol$sk97$1@dont-email.me>,
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
>Dinios Kol (Din for short) is a new apprentice investigator
>assigned to Investigator Anagosa Dolabra (Ana, as you might
>guess).  Ana is an unusual investigator in that she stays in her
>own abode most of the time and remains blindfolded in order to
>avoid overstimulation.  Ana claims this allows her to concentrate
>better, and that may be true, but I suspect that the real reason
>is that she has a disability that makes it difficult to be around
>other people or external distractions.  Thus, she sends Din to do
>the investigating for her, he reports back what he has found, and
>she uses incredible reasoning skills to figure out what's going
>on.  Din is helped by the fact that he is an Engraver, a sublime
>(we'll get to that) who is imbued with perfect memory.  This
>ability allows him to recall conversations, pictures, writing
>(although that is difficult for him as he has much trouble reading
>(we'll also get to that)) and all sorts of things that make him
>invaluable to Ana.

[Hal Heydt]
What immediately comes to mind from that description of the pair
is Nero Wolfe and ARchy Goodwin, Wolfe's "leg man".  Or if you
prefer an SF reworking of that pair, Randall Garrett's Marquise
de London and Lord Bontriomphe