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Hope you don't mind if I ask you two in one. :) First, is there a canon explanation for how people like Maaya and Adelaide can see ghosts, use libris, etc.? They don't know all the answers in the book, which makes total sense, but I wondered if you had anything behind it. Second... did you have a playlist for GW?

Kay Solo Yeah! So, in the book it is this big mysterious thing that certain people only get tiny glimpses into, and there are so few people who can do it (and …moreYeah! So, in the book it is this big mysterious thing that certain people only get tiny glimpses into, and there are so few people who can do it (and their abilities so negatively looked on) that there's very little research or knowledge about it. They know they can do these things, but not really why. But the more specific explanation is that there are these two worlds that are essentially right next to each other with some overlap (which is why ghosts can be in the living world and things like that). Because of that overlap, what happens is on very rare occasions someone will be born into both worlds at once. People like Maaya and Adelaide.

It's a very lopsided ratio; that is, only a very tiny sliver of them is in the other world. But the more a person is a part of the other world, the more they can do. People who are very powerful with libris, for example, are more a part of it than someone who only gets strange feelings when ghosts are around. Unfortunately the characters themselves don't know any of this, but... maybe someday! They are changing the world for the better after all.

As for a playlist, I don't usually have many, but here are the main ones for GW.

1) I Know A Place, by Muna
2) Key of the Twilight, by Yuki Kajiura
3) The Host of Seraphim, by Dead Can Dance(less)

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Another one for you. (I can stop any time lol) I was thinking about Ghost Ship and how we see how Maaya and Adelaide are getting on months after their ordeals, but we get distracted by the plot of the novella to really dig deep into how they're coping and moving on. Has it been easier than expected or difficult? What's their day-to-day situation like trying to get over what happened since it was undoubtedly traumatic?

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This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)[No, I enjoy these! This is... probably going to be long.

In the immediate aftermath, they had kind of a honeymoon effect going on, and they were still a little too busy with the move for it to really sink in. But once they were settled and they started having a daily routine, that's when it started to hit them. It was a lot harder on Maaya, because she lost almost everyone who was close to her during her mission, and then she ended up settling in a new city when she'd never been away from "home" her entire life prior. So she was in a new place with most of her support system gone, having a job for the first time in her life, living with a new person (who she loves, but nevertheless is someone she only knew for a few months), and being the center of attention of basically the entire world. It really stressed her out. She had constant nightmares, especially early on, and she would wake up not knowing where she was or what had happened. So she and Adelaide would have many late-night walks through the city after Maaya would wake up from a nightmare so Maaya could remember where she was and that everything was okay. So while Maaya definitely moved to a more secure and safe spot than she ever was before, she spent a long, long time dealing with the repercussions of what were severely traumatizing events. Because this change to stability is so huge and jarring, it negatively affects her at first, even if the thing itself is positive.

It was a little easier on Adelaide, who had spent many years traveling and being independent. She also had less on the line during the mission in that she didn't lose anyone close to her immediately before she started, and wasn't traveling with her best friend. As the much more confident person who grew into not caring what literally anyone else thought of her, she was better prepared for this. (Also remember that much of Maaya's trauma happened before she even met Adelaide.) Still, since she spent so long defending her country before she and Maaya met, she's got her own internal battles to fight. We saw a little of this in Ghost Ship; she works best when her grip on reality is strong, but when little things happen to undermine that, she starts losing herself in it quickly. Her routine was broken and her trust messed with, and after everything that had happened, she couldn't handle it almost to the point of literally not being able to process what was happening.

Crucially, they cope by sticking together and emphasizing the security and stability in their lives. Maaya needs constant reassurance that she isn't in danger and that this all won't come to a sudden end, and Adelaide is getting used to settling in with a life partner when she's never really had one before (and has always been on the move). So routine might seem boring, but it helps them both because, in a way, they both never had routine. Maaya was always moving houses and never knew where her next meal was coming from, and Adelaide had her own chaotic relationship with her family and was constantly on the move. So their life after GW is enjoying their time together, seeing their friends regularly, and not taking on anything too strenuous. Maaya especially tries to keep things simple, because she's been overwhelmed to the point of shutting down, and recovering from that will take years, if it ever happens at all. And for all her understanding, it's so bad that even Adelaide doesn't truly understand the depths of it.

So there are many long nights where they help each other out of the terror of bad dreams, constantly reassure each other that everything is fine, and they try to seek comfort in their new norm. It's not all pretty. They've had their share of crying and sleepless nights and stress. But they build that foundation of each other's love and support and their friends old and new, and they work at building up from there.

Phew! That was fun, thank you. :D I know it's hard to emphasize just how hard all the events of GW hit them since the book ended just as they were settling in together, but it was pretty serious. It's more than anyone, especially teenagers like them, should ever be asked to take on, and that shows for a long time. (hide spoiler)]

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“For all the experiences she had, for all the knowledge she had accumulated over the years, she was back to feeling as though she knew nothing at all. She was a stranger in a strange world, one so infinite and broad in scope that it likely didn't even realize, or care, that she existed.”
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“I’m so glad," Maaya exclaimed. “It looks like there should be plenty of room for Adelaide and I to hide behind you whenever a pulse comes up."
"Indeed. Just stay behind me, fair maidens, and I will protect you," Saber said valiantly.
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