Gen's height
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queensthiefSorry for this random thing, but I thought it rather interesting.
In the Greenwillow edition of The Thief, page 31, there is the following passage:
We all slid to the ground, and Pol was quickly beside me with one hand firmly on my shoulder. It was an easy business for him; my shoulder came only to his chest. Sometimes it bothered me that I am so small.
This, I believe this is a rather important thing about Gen. In the olden days, people were generally not very tall, because often they do not consume the needed nutrition. Hence even as the captain of guard to the prince, I don't think that Pol would be exceptionally tall, especially because the Magus is mentioned to be taller than average, but Pol is not, and the Magus is even shorter than Irene. At least, I always got the impression that Pol was more stocky than tall. Which means that Gen is really short, like he thinks, if he only gets up to the chest of Pol; typically, the top of the head to the chest is about 30cm, or more. Therefore, if Pol is 180cm, which would be unlikely because it would mean that Irene would be very very tall, then Gen is only 150cm. This would provide us a good gauge of his rough age, unless he has a medical disorder. Thus, he probably cannot be more than thirteen, as I know that in my class of thirteen year old girls, the shortest are at least 155cm. Really, no matter how much genetics can influence us, I don't think that a fifteen or older boy would be that short.
Any thoughts?
In the Greenwillow edition of The Thief, page 31, there is the following passage:
We all slid to the ground, and Pol was quickly beside me with one hand firmly on my shoulder. It was an easy business for him; my shoulder came only to his chest. Sometimes it bothered me that I am so small.
This, I believe this is a rather important thing about Gen. In the olden days, people were generally not very tall, because often they do not consume the needed nutrition. Hence even as the captain of guard to the prince, I don't think that Pol would be exceptionally tall, especially because the Magus is mentioned to be taller than average, but Pol is not, and the Magus is even shorter than Irene. At least, I always got the impression that Pol was more stocky than tall. Which means that Gen is really short, like he thinks, if he only gets up to the chest of Pol; typically, the top of the head to the chest is about 30cm, or more. Therefore, if Pol is 180cm, which would be unlikely because it would mean that Irene would be very very tall, then Gen is only 150cm. This would provide us a good gauge of his rough age, unless he has a medical disorder. Thus, he probably cannot be more than thirteen, as I know that in my class of thirteen year old girls, the shortest are at least 155cm. Really, no matter how much genetics can influence us, I don't think that a fifteen or older boy would be that short.
Any thoughts?
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Date: 5/23/13 12:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 5/23/13 02:22 am (UTC)This is totally why I married mr. checkers. That, and his willingness to kill spiders (sorry, Willow).