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Why do you think the author chose the last name “Kontent” for Katey? If it wasn’t obvious, he highlighted situations where a person meeting her followed the pronunciation and “content” meaning satisfied. But in a couple instances characters pronounced it “content” as in containing things. It was a choice with meaning.

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