It was a little stressful, but it made me laugh, at least!
An infinite number of murderous teenagers? Where do they come from?
This is an excellent question that I cannot answer. There are beings that are children, but they're physically old - they have the shape of children, but they appear and sound elderly, and if they touch a child that child will also become old. And then they're unstoppably compelled to walk into a fire, and the fire makes them young and murderous? But Bowman (one of the protagonists) isn't one of the old children, and he's brainwashed into being one of the murderous teenagers just by staring into the eyes of a person who I think is somehow responsible for their existence. It's all very confusing!
(Trying to find an explanation, I stumbled across this thread, where a person who only vaguely remembers The Wind Singer is asking whether anyone knows it. I note I'm not the only one who was haunted by the canyon-crossing scene. I like the line 'I remember thinking as I read this book that it was weird, so if this description leaves you feeling confused, I apologise.')
I originally 'shipped Red and her sword, and then I realised that the sword was actually her boyfriend's consciousness trapped in a sword, which made me 'ship them less because, come on, it's not as much fun if he's not actually a sword. But I've warmed back up to the pairing now.
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An infinite number of murderous teenagers? Where do they come from?
This is an excellent question that I cannot answer. There are beings that are children, but they're physically old - they have the shape of children, but they appear and sound elderly, and if they touch a child that child will also become old. And then they're unstoppably compelled to walk into a fire, and the fire makes them young and murderous? But Bowman (one of the protagonists) isn't one of the old children, and he's brainwashed into being one of the murderous teenagers just by staring into the eyes of a person who I think is somehow responsible for their existence. It's all very confusing!
(Trying to find an explanation, I stumbled across this thread, where a person who only vaguely remembers The Wind Singer is asking whether anyone knows it. I note I'm not the only one who was haunted by the canyon-crossing scene. I like the line 'I remember thinking as I read this book that it was weird, so if this description leaves you feeling confused, I apologise.')
I originally 'shipped Red and her sword, and then I realised that the sword was actually her boyfriend's consciousness trapped in a sword, which made me 'ship them less because, come on, it's not as much fun if he's not actually a sword. But I've warmed back up to the pairing now.