Mr Bovey
Names: Mr Boveyhimshimmes
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 6 (3)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 6Mr Bovey is a multiple human: one personality shared among many bodies, all of whom work in the store.
- Ch 6Mr Bovey's several bodies passed Araminta between them, selling her a kitchen and a bathroom suite at good prices; she finds him charming.
- Ch 6Mr Bovey warned Araminta that Burt Renik is unreliable and advised using Dave's Coding rather than the corporate-funded evaluation library.
- Ch 8Mr Bovey exists as multiple bodies and helps Araminta with deliveries and renovation work.
- Ch 8Mr Bovey is a multiple with over thirty bodies who runs a macrostore on Viotia and believes multiples are inevitable, though he is not an evangelist.
- Ch 8He was once married to a multiple, Mrs Rion; they split amicably after seven years and remain friends, having kept their businesses separate.
- Ch 8After dinner he took Araminta home and, using a booster aerosol, spent the night having sex with her via six of his bodies.
- Ch 8Mr Bovey considers multiples a humanist route to immortality and calls Going Higher a technocrat route.
- Ch 10Mr Bovey is a multiple, a single man in many bodies; he and Araminta are dating, and he has supplied cookers to Living Dream buyers.
- Ch 10He admits dating other women, such as Josill, because Araminta cannot satisfy all thirty-eight of his male bodies.
- Ch 10He proposes marriage and urges Araminta to become multiple, promising to stop dating other women if she does.
- Ch 14Mr Bovey exists as multiple bodies of himself and has offered Araminta a place in his multi-bodied life.
- Ch 14Mr Bovey is a multiple, existing as several bodies. He gave Araminta an antique diamond engagement ring, and she accepted.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 1Mr. Bovey is a multiple, using several bodies, and is Araminta's fiancé; he prefers his middle-aged black body for serious talks.
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 1Mr. Bovey, a building supply wholesaler, is a promising lead among Araminta's few friends.
- Ch 3Mr. Bovey is a multiple of three bodies in the building supplies trade who had a relationship with Araminta but did not know she was the Second Dreamer.
- Ch 3Mr. Bovey is a multiple-bodied person; he confirmed with ANA that Oscar is who he claims, and cannot reach Araminta, whose u-shadow is offline.
- Ch 6Bovey exists as multiple bodies (mes); five were killed when thugs attacked his house, but he considers bodyloss irrelevant.
- Ch 6The original Bovey is the body Araminta identifies as him; a tall blond youngster body also stands with him.
Connections
- leadsBovey's Bathing and Culinarywareowner
- family ofMrs Rionformer spouse
- partner ofSecond Dreamer
- partner ofJosill
- related toSecond DreamerBovey is one of her multiple bodies/selves
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 6Araminta meets the multiple Mr Bovey
At Bovey's store Araminta is passed between different bodies of Mr Bovey, learns he is a multiple human, and buys a kitchen and bathroom suite.
- Book 1 · Ch 8Araminta's development gamble
Araminta finishes Shelly's flat sale, tours her new Bodant block with Cressida, who warns of Living Dream unrest, and starts renovation with Mr Bovey.
- Book 1 · Ch 8Araminta's date with Mr Bovey
Araminta dines with Mr Bovey at Richard's, where they discuss multiples, marriage and Highers, then goes to his house and spends a night of group sex with six of him.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Araminta discovers Josill and receives a proposal
After spending the night with Mr Bovey, Araminta finds Josill at breakfast. He explains his need for other women and proposes marriage with her becoming multiple; she agrees to consider it.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Araminta accepts Bovey's offer
Araminta tells Mr Bovey she accepts his offer, and he mentions a clinic where she can buy bodies at a discount.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Araminta accepts the engagement
Araminta accepts Mr Bovey's ring, agrees to share the night with several of his bodies, and later uses Likan's program to contact the Skylord in a dream.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Araminta wakes to invasion and devourment
After refusing the Skylord, Araminta learns Ellezelin forces have invaded Colwyn and the Void's devourment phase has begun. She insists on going home despite Mr. Bovey's worries.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Araminta returns across the city
Araminta leaves Mr. Bovey's, rides through Living Dream checkpoints unnoticed and reaches her apartments, where she worries about neighbours Danal and Mareble.
- Book 3 · Ch 3Oscar's team confronts Mr. Bovey
Oscar, Beckia and Tomansio press Mr. Bovey to reveal Araminta's whereabouts, warning others will come. Cheriton and Liatris then report Living Dream has located her after she shared Inigo's Eighth Dream.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Araminta returns to Bovey
Araminta reshapes the path to reach Bovey's burned home, finds five of his bodies killed, and tells him she must act alone as fighting erupts in Francola.