The ring thing
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queensthiefI've got a question. Well, two questions actually. I was reading KoA late last night and I noticed something that had confused me from the very first time I read the book. Sorry if this has been asked before but could someone clear it up for me?
Around page 70, Collins hardback, Gen asked Costis to take the seal ring off his finger and then later on, Costis tries to take a ring of his own off without using his hand. Why does Costis then shudder 'as if someone had walked over his grave'? What have I missed?
And also (it's surprising the inspiration one gets in the early hours of the morning) you know when Phresine tells Gen that story, around page 273? Well, it says that they planted loads of olive trees to honour the goddess of the moon. Is Phresine referring to the Sea of Olives? After all, in The Thief, the Magus says, Collins paperback, p90, "It's called the Sea of Olives. It was planted to honour one the old gods so long ago that no one knows which." So, does it depend on where the Sea of Olives is in relation to where Phresine grew up, in the north of Attolia?
Around page 70, Collins hardback, Gen asked Costis to take the seal ring off his finger and then later on, Costis tries to take a ring of his own off without using his hand. Why does Costis then shudder 'as if someone had walked over his grave'? What have I missed?
And also (it's surprising the inspiration one gets in the early hours of the morning) you know when Phresine tells Gen that story, around page 273? Well, it says that they planted loads of olive trees to honour the goddess of the moon. Is Phresine referring to the Sea of Olives? After all, in The Thief, the Magus says, Collins paperback, p90, "It's called the Sea of Olives. It was planted to honour one the old gods so long ago that no one knows which." So, does it depend on where the Sea of Olives is in relation to where Phresine grew up, in the north of Attolia?
