Lisa
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Andrea K. Höst:
Thank you for writing such amazing series. I am absolutely in love with The Silence of Medair. I do have a somewhat stupid question unrelated to the Medair series though. Why did Cassandra never seriously try to escape, even before she fell in 'lust' with Ruuel? I couldn't seriously think that she felt so obligated that they saved her life, that she would stay and allow them to put her at risk so callously?
Andrea K. Höst
Cass' progression in powers vs desire to stay doesn't really give her a window for motive + means. She goes:
1. Stranded to rescued.
2. Family assignment and back to KOTIS.
3. Powers of enhancement, no idea of more + missions and kindness with First Squad.
4. Homesickness, awakening in Earth's near space.
5. Return to avoid putting Earth in danger, start of thinking about Ruuel.
By the time Cass reaches 5, she's strongly attached to First Squad, and knows she has the power to get to Earth's near-space, but actually getting to Earth has the potential to kill her by stranding her there, or unleash Ionoth on Earth if she manages to get through.
She decides she needs to know more about her own abilities, which neatly coincides with KOTIS' desire to know more about her, and she also wants to help First Squad. Other than possibly more brain scans, and no choice about becoming a civilian, she's treated very similarly to other Kalrani/Setari, and so she doesn't consider her treatment callous, so much as being trapped in someone else's war.
Cass doesn't figure out how she got to Earth's near-space until much later, when she realised she might have made an Ionoth to take her home. [I've always figured it was someone really over-the-top, like Dream of the Endless.] By the time she figures out how to get back to Earth's near-space (but still not safely to Earth), she is long past the Samwise Gamgee pep speech, so escaping becomes a moot point.
1. Stranded to rescued.
2. Family assignment and back to KOTIS.
3. Powers of enhancement, no idea of more + missions and kindness with First Squad.
4. Homesickness, awakening in Earth's near space.
5. Return to avoid putting Earth in danger, start of thinking about Ruuel.
By the time Cass reaches 5, she's strongly attached to First Squad, and knows she has the power to get to Earth's near-space, but actually getting to Earth has the potential to kill her by stranding her there, or unleash Ionoth on Earth if she manages to get through.
She decides she needs to know more about her own abilities, which neatly coincides with KOTIS' desire to know more about her, and she also wants to help First Squad. Other than possibly more brain scans, and no choice about becoming a civilian, she's treated very similarly to other Kalrani/Setari, and so she doesn't consider her treatment callous, so much as being trapped in someone else's war.
Cass doesn't figure out how she got to Earth's near-space until much later, when she realised she might have made an Ionoth to take her home. [I've always figured it was someone really over-the-top, like Dream of the Endless.] By the time she figures out how to get back to Earth's near-space (but still not safely to Earth), she is long past the Samwise Gamgee pep speech, so escaping becomes a moot point.
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Just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed all your books. Just re-read the whole Touchstone series. Wanted to say that In Arcadia then introduced me to The Blue Sword and one of the earlier ones to Miyazaki's Spirited Away which I wouldn't have heard of otherwise. So thanks on all fronts. No question (?) to ask.
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May 22, 2020 12:56PM · flag