Re-reading The Queen of Attolia, but one of my favourite scenes involves Eugenides stealing the magus - and there's moonlight awashing the magus's room as Eugenides twists the knife of his revenge into Sounis.
He's telling the truth behind his lies, and for the magus, those probably the harshest words to hear right at that moment. For the magus, there's also the feeling of "all the discontinuity of a dream."
The moonlight might expose the stuff in the dark, but it's also not the best light to see things clearly - something that Eugenides seems like taking advantage of as a thief who may not be lying, but makes it seem that way more often than not.
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Date: 1/18/11 05:46 am (UTC)He's telling the truth behind his lies, and for the magus, those probably the harshest words to hear right at that moment. For the magus, there's also the feeling of "all the discontinuity of a dream."
The moonlight might expose the stuff in the dark, but it's also not the best light to see things clearly - something that Eugenides seems like taking advantage of as a thief who may not be lying, but makes it seem that way more often than not.