Hail Mary And 666

In "The White King's War," Flandry's meeting with Leon Ammon in Old Town on Irumclaw is a flashback whereas, in A Circus Of Hells, we read these events in chronological order. But we read the same story, not two different versions of a story. In "The White King's War," Flandry's remark about Ammon being a son of a bitch but our son of a bitch is the punchline whereas, in the novel, the conversation continues.

In both versions, there are two Biblical references. Djana recites the "Hail Mary," which is Luke 1:28. Ammon's room is 666. (See the combox.) In a book that I lent and did not get back, Friedrich Engels argued that "666" meant "Nero," numerologically speaking.