To add something new to the nine pages, the fading between radio conversations was MASTERFUL. Not because of how it is realized technically, but because then the transition to Tardust and Scratch TOTALLY blindsided me, after 10 transitions between our heroes it was just unexpected. Nice!
I don't like the hand waving to explain the behemots question, though. Michael's question about them is not answered by Tanya. "Walls don't matter with Behemots" "Yeah, but it was really dark in there." Wait, what?!and there ia a bunch of other overlooked passages, but I'm on my phone and I hate writing on this