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occult relationships between abstractions like shapes and numbers
Huh, like the Pythagorean Theorem?
and there’s the abstract. Two and two are always four, regardless of whether you’re talking about grains of sand or racing camels. Twelve could always be broken into two sets of six or three sets of four long before anybody noticed the fact. Abstract structure, you see?”
I think I've used those same examples in my math classes!
in his mind, Cehmai sat across from him, dumbfounded and ashamed, persuaded at last by the force of Maati’s argument.
It isn't too late to grow up…
“I’m not sorry,” Otah said. “And I am? It’s the kindest thing anyone’s ever done for me,” Idaan said. “I mean that. And I’m here to repay the debt. You’re in trouble, brother mine, and I’m the only one who can warn you.
Troublemaker.
A handful of women instead of a shifting cadre of boys. A cooperative struggle to achieve the impossible instead of cruelty and judgment. Joy instead of fear.
The author chose well in turning the story towards women. I hope that remains part of the happy ending.
When he woke, every man and woman of Galt had gone blind.
Had the ships sailed yet? No, he was with Balasar at that event. But in any case, Sinja doesn't get backup.
Vanjit sat beside him, the andat wrapped in her cloak. Her expression was blank. Dark smudges of fatigue marked her eyes, and the andat squirmed and fussed.
That "baby" is going to attract a lot of attention, especially as it has no apparent father. Oh, and it DOESN'T BREATHE!
“It’s a baby.”
Uh oh!
All the cruelties and tricks of the Dai-kvo, all the pain and loss that I suffered to be a poet was justified. If it kept people like Vanjit from the power of the andat, it was all justified. And I have ignored it.
And Otah misunderstood it. Still, it really was too brutal to countenance.
Danat and Ashti Beg were in the middle of a lively debate over the ethics of showfighting, Ana listening to them both with a frown. Her hand pressed her belly as if the fish was troubling her.
Pregnant?
“What?” Danat asked, baffled. “I’m pregnant,” Ana said,
At least it wasn't the cliché of morning sickness.
