So if Gen grew a few inches in QoA, and was say... now 5 ft. 5 in. and if the magus is tall and Irene is even taller, that would make her about 5 ft. 9 in. and the magus about 5 ft. 8 in.
Yep! I was just talking to my friend Emily about this on Monday; it's neat how in-person and online conversations are coinciding. I agree with you: I think Gen at his final height is 5'5" or 5'6" and Irene is about 5'9". Emily thought their height difference was smaller than that, but I would argue that the fewest 'several inches' could be is three.
One of the reasons I liked Gen so much when I first read The Thief (at age 16, and I believe I was about 5'3" at the time) was that I had been getting a lot of flak over the past few years for being short (mostly from adults, which I think is over the line) and here Gen was my age, and my size, too, and he was a boy! And it actually made him more capable as a thief. Small size can absolutely be an advantage: I went to Disney World with a couple of friends over spring break this year, and the friend who was leading the group was decidedly the smallest. She kept slipping through tight spaces in the crowds and then wondering why we couldn't keep up.
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Date: 5/22/13 07:31 pm (UTC)Yep! I was just talking to my friend Emily about this on Monday; it's neat how in-person and online conversations are coinciding. I agree with you: I think Gen at his final height is 5'5" or 5'6" and Irene is about 5'9". Emily thought their height difference was smaller than that, but I would argue that the fewest 'several inches' could be is three.
One of the reasons I liked Gen so much when I first read The Thief (at age 16, and I believe I was about 5'3" at the time) was that I had been getting a lot of flak over the past few years for being short (mostly from adults, which I think is over the line) and here Gen was my age, and my size, too, and he was a boy! And it actually made him more capable as a thief. Small size can absolutely be an advantage: I went to Disney World with a couple of friends over spring break this year, and the friend who was leading the group was decidedly the smallest. She kept slipping through tight spaces in the crowds and then wondering why we couldn't keep up.