Allison does not seem surprised that Zaid is alive, only that he came to the temple. She doesn’t ask about her other friends. I infer that Jadis has kept her up to date; and that the gaslighting has moved on from “all your friends are gone” to “your friends are fine, but they don’t need you around”.
Zaid has easily assumed his role as a formidable badass. That’s why they–whoever “they” are–marked him for the key. But his easy acceptance of the role may be blinding him. Sometimes it’s hard to make a born soldier think outside the box.
That might be what helps Allison win in the end. She *always* was an outsider, ill-at-ease in her own skin, a quiet, almost unwilling, malcontent. This may help her think laterally in clever ways.
It’s actually kinda impressive that Zaid’s managed to even find Alison since she’s been hidden in Jadis’ ziggurath for all this time. I like how Abaddon keeps playing with the traditional stereotypes: for a long time Zaid was the helpless ‘damsel-in-distress’ in a nice reversal of the traditional version; now Alison is, but she’s not being held by some monster or villain Zaid could defeat with his swords, but by the emotional manipulation Jadis has been using on her. Wonder how he’s going to convince her that Jadis is anything but ‘harmless’!
Honestly I’m glad someone decided to take a hammer to all this sad baloney.
Shit NEEDS to happen, it WILL happen.
Allison, the philosopher-king.
I CALL YOU WHAT YOU ARE ZAID, I CALL YOU OUT AND NAME YOU:
DOGMATIST! ROYALIST! BELIEVER!
BIBLE THUMPER!
Oookaaayyyy….
Allison does not seem surprised that Zaid is alive, only that he came to the temple. She doesn’t ask about her other friends. I infer that Jadis has kept her up to date; and that the gaslighting has moved on from “all your friends are gone” to “your friends are fine, but they don’t need you around”.
Zaid has easily assumed his role as a formidable badass. That’s why they–whoever “they” are–marked him for the key. But his easy acceptance of the role may be blinding him. Sometimes it’s hard to make a born soldier think outside the box.
That might be what helps Allison win in the end. She *always* was an outsider, ill-at-ease in her own skin, a quiet, almost unwilling, malcontent. This may help her think laterally in clever ways.
Assuming she heals and grows from her mourning.
It’s actually kinda impressive that Zaid’s managed to even find Alison since she’s been hidden in Jadis’ ziggurath for all this time. I like how Abaddon keeps playing with the traditional stereotypes: for a long time Zaid was the helpless ‘damsel-in-distress’ in a nice reversal of the traditional version; now Alison is, but she’s not being held by some monster or villain Zaid could defeat with his swords, but by the emotional manipulation Jadis has been using on her. Wonder how he’s going to convince her that Jadis is anything but ‘harmless’!
in which page did Alison actually SAID the “break infinity” sentence?
Okay I love the symbolism of “maze = self doubt/existential despair”
Also the facial expressions on Allison just… my gods the torment, inner struggle and loss shown.