I know what your saying about having less time to read. I do most of my reading once my kids (almost 7 and almost 3) go to bed. I sacrifice sleep for it.
1. I always thought it was his love for her, probably tinged with a great deal of despair. Because she had done it, because he was there to cause it, because it would always be there between them. Since she is not used to seeing that sort of despair and sadness from her prisoners it confused her.
2. I always thought that Gen had a problem with pretending to have an affair going on with his queen. He does use the serving girl to prove Irene's jealousy later, but he never does use Helen as a means to provoke it. I don't think he liked the potential problems that particular belief about him would cause in the future. Plus, I really believe Gen would have considered such a thing beneath him, especially others finding out about it if it were true.
3. This I've thought about lots. Temper tantrums are usually caused by an overwhelming of emotion that we don't know what to do with. At this point she had been under a lot of stress for a very long time and was really sharing her concerns and plans with no one (including Relius). Plus, Gen had always represented to her everything that Eddis had that she didn't: loyal servants who would do anything for her simply because they loved her. I think discovering that Eddis might be reaping the benefits of a close, intimate , personal relationship with him on top of that was rubbing salt in a very old wound (clearly Attolia couldn't have that with anyone either). And the fact that it was Gen who she had been obsessing and losing sleep over (even though she didn't understand why) just made it more than she could take in that moment.
I've also always wondered if this incident was reported back in Eddis and how Eddis might have reacted to it after having Gen tell her that Attolia never rages, no matter her emotion she just sits.
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Date: 4/21/11 06:52 pm (UTC)I know what your saying about having less time to read. I do most of my reading once my kids (almost 7 and almost 3) go to bed. I sacrifice sleep for it.
1. I always thought it was his love for her, probably tinged with a great deal of despair. Because she had done it, because he was there to cause it, because it would always be there between them. Since she is not used to seeing that sort of despair and sadness from her prisoners it confused her.
2. I always thought that Gen had a problem with pretending to have an affair going on with his queen. He does use the serving girl to prove Irene's jealousy later, but he never does use Helen as a means to provoke it. I don't think he liked the potential problems that particular belief about him would cause in the future. Plus, I really believe Gen would have considered such a thing beneath him, especially others finding out about it if it were true.
3. This I've thought about lots. Temper tantrums are usually caused by an overwhelming of emotion that we don't know what to do with. At this point she had been under a lot of stress for a very long time and was really sharing her concerns and plans with no one (including Relius). Plus, Gen had always represented to her everything that Eddis had that she didn't: loyal servants who would do anything for her simply because they loved her. I think discovering that Eddis might be reaping the benefits of a close, intimate , personal relationship with him on top of that was rubbing salt in a very old wound (clearly Attolia couldn't have that with anyone either). And the fact that it was Gen who she had been obsessing and losing sleep over (even though she didn't understand why) just made it more than she could take in that moment.
I've also always wondered if this incident was reported back in Eddis and how Eddis might have reacted to it after having Gen tell her that Attolia never rages, no matter her emotion she just sits.