Disproportionate Retribution/Literature: Difference between revisions

* In [[Diana Wynne Jones]]' ''[[The Magids|The Merlin Conspiracy]]'', due to some inadvertent time hopping as he flees an assassin sent by two big bads who want him dead for no discernible reason, Nick winds up in the assassin's home before the hit was taken up. A little over a decade, in fact. The two big bads pay a visit as the children they were, and Nick {{spoiler|laughs as one steps on an egg,}} which sets off the two's berserk button and triggers the need for revenge years later.

** During the same interlude, Nick {{spoiler|hangs up on the assassin's ex-wife in the middle of a phone call, which sets in motion her ultimate plot to take over Britain and destroy its other magic-users before they could oppose her.}} Without which the rest of the book probably wouldn't have happened anyway.