A Goodreads user asked this question about The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2):
How did Nassun know about the word "magic"? Wasn't it introduced by Alabaster during a private talk with Essun?
Upasana She doesn't. She uses the word "silver' whenever we are exposed to her interiority. Till Gray Man/Steel uses the word magic (which surprise her as she…moreShe doesn't. She uses the word "silver' whenever we are exposed to her interiority. Till Gray Man/Steel uses the word magic (which surprise her as she didn't know what it was called before) when they are in the 'station' looking for transportation. Surprised no one has mentioned this (less)
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by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
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