TaT Reread - Conglomeration of Thoughts

[starmy63]

This is my first time participating in a re-read discussion on time, so please forgive (and let me know) if anything is up with formatting or how this entry is submitted.

I just jotted down thoughts as I was reading this week, so here are a few that occurred to me with a couple I'm curious to hear others' thoughts on.

1. Right off the bat on p.1 we get this phrase: "Midday, and the houseboy was gone on an errand, probably stealing a nap somewhere." The houseboys are specifically stated as being young later in the chapter, and napping is not exclusive to any one character, but the 'stealing a nap' was such a unique way to phrase it that my imagination immediately started playing around with the idea of it being the sort of thing Gen might do,

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