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queensthief2008-10-11 02:49 am
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Today I reread KoA...
and, as usually happens when rereading Megan's books, I picked up on something I hadn't noticed before.
Eugenides is flipping a coin and he tells Attolia:
"Lilies, I rule, heads, you do." he said, and threw the coin into the air.
"Lilies, you rule, heads, you throw again." said Attolia.
The coin dropped. Eugenides looked at it and then showed it to her. "No need," he said. The coin sat in his palm, obverse, showing the lilies of Attolia. He flipped it again and again and again. Each time it landed showing the lilies. He threw the coin and this time caught it in his closed fist. Without looking at it, he slapped it onto the embroidered sleeve of his coat and took his hand away. It was lilies again.
cut to a few lines later... Relius' POV.
He wanted to dismiss the coin toss as sleight of hand. Any circus performer could control the drop of a coin, but he'd been puzzled. The queen had been undismayed; she had seemed almost vindicated in her manner. It had been the king who had been more disturbed with each toss of the coin. He'd looked almost sick, Relius though, by the time he put the coin away.
Relius loitered in the arcade outside the audience room until the king left with his attendants. Walking away along the arcade that lay perpendicular to the one where Relius lurked, the king pulled the coin from his pocket. He looked at the gold stater in sudden disgust and pitched it hard between the columns of the arcade into the shrubbery that filled the courtyard garden. Perplexed, Relius returned to his work.
I guess I never realized that the reason Eugenides got so upset was because he was probably trying to get the coin to land lilies-down but the gods intervened and made it land lilies-up each time, supporting Attolia in telling Eugenides he was fated to become a real king. Am I just slow to realize this? Either way, I thought it was neat.
Just musing. =)
Eugenides is flipping a coin and he tells Attolia:
"Lilies, I rule, heads, you do." he said, and threw the coin into the air.
"Lilies, you rule, heads, you throw again." said Attolia.
The coin dropped. Eugenides looked at it and then showed it to her. "No need," he said. The coin sat in his palm, obverse, showing the lilies of Attolia. He flipped it again and again and again. Each time it landed showing the lilies. He threw the coin and this time caught it in his closed fist. Without looking at it, he slapped it onto the embroidered sleeve of his coat and took his hand away. It was lilies again.
cut to a few lines later... Relius' POV.
He wanted to dismiss the coin toss as sleight of hand. Any circus performer could control the drop of a coin, but he'd been puzzled. The queen had been undismayed; she had seemed almost vindicated in her manner. It had been the king who had been more disturbed with each toss of the coin. He'd looked almost sick, Relius though, by the time he put the coin away.
Relius loitered in the arcade outside the audience room until the king left with his attendants. Walking away along the arcade that lay perpendicular to the one where Relius lurked, the king pulled the coin from his pocket. He looked at the gold stater in sudden disgust and pitched it hard between the columns of the arcade into the shrubbery that filled the courtyard garden. Perplexed, Relius returned to his work.
I guess I never realized that the reason Eugenides got so upset was because he was probably trying to get the coin to land lilies-down but the gods intervened and made it land lilies-up each time, supporting Attolia in telling Eugenides he was fated to become a real king. Am I just slow to realize this? Either way, I thought it was neat.
Just musing. =)
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...Although, reading it again, part of me almost wonders if Irene somehow slipped him a trick coin. XD But I think Eugenides would've noticed if that was the case, so it makes more sense for it to be the gods.
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Either way, I guess I just wanted to share a section that tickled me pink today. =) It's always nice to have those "Aha!" moments, even if they are obvious to everyone else. *grin*
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Also, as a random note, the scene always reminds me of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, simply because of the coin always landing on the same side.
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