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Moril saw that was an excellent idea. The thing about Kialan, he thought as he raced to the cart, was that he had brains.

I think what I like the most about this book is how complex Dagner, Brid and Moril's relationship with their parents is. In their own way, both Lenina and Clennen are good and honorable people, while also objectively being terrible parents. In many ways, this is a story about how they come to terms with their parents' faults and true personality.

“But he did not know what he was like. He supposed that sooner or later he would have to find out, and then do things in the way best suited to what he found.”