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FOREIGNER: Discussion Post #5, Spoiler Edition
If you have discussion points for Chapters 7-8 you wish to bring up but which include spoilers, please post them here. Then link your comment in the general post, so those who want to avoid being spoiled can do so!
Re: slight spoilers for later books?
And, of course, at this point I don't think we have any reason to suspect that the kid might be that young - ten at the lower end, not the higher, is what I was guessing before meeting Cajeiri!
Ilisidi implies that Cajeiri was on the later end of when a "normal" ateva starts feeling man'chi as something distinct from parental love, so I think it's not so much puberty-esque as I guess equivalent for humans wanting friends' approval in addition to / instead of parental approval, maybe? I am... ambivalent about whether I want to see Cajeiri going through puberty, tbh.
Re: slight spoilers for later books?
That sure puts a different twist on it, especially given the ending! (I HAD wondered, along with Bren, at all those TV interviewers and tourists who never gave so much as a twitch to suggest what was wrong! Maybe the kid saw a TV broadcast about six days ago, eh?)
ambivalent about whether I want to see Cajeiri going through puberty
Heh. The thought, I admit, is somewhat alarming!