#soc chapter 17

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“... Van Eck writes to Wylan every week, and Wylan doesn’t even open the letters.” “What do they say?” Inej leaned back carefully on the railing. “You’re assuming I read them.” “You didn’t?” “Of course I did.” Then she frowned, remembering. “They just said the same thing again and again: If you’re reading this, then you know how much I wish to have you home. Or I pray that you read these words and think of all you’ve left behind.”

Six of Crows- Chapter 17 (Leigh Bardugo)

And this, dear children, is the reason people think Pekka Rollins a better person than Wylan's father. The amount of heartless assholery necessary to write such words to a person you know cannot read it. Sure, "back in the day", there likely wasn't a concept of disability like that- you can beat a lot into somehow "dumb" child-, but still.

Jan van Eck could switch parenting tips with Baghra.

Pun absolutely intended.

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“Do not bend,” Nina snapped. “Do not leap. Do not move abruptly. If you don’t promise to take it easy, I’ll slow your heart and keep you in a coma until I can be sure you’ve recovered fully.” “Nina Zenik, as soon as I figure out where you’ve put my knives, we’re going to have words.” “The first ones had better be Thank you, oh great Nina, for dedicating every waking moment of this miserable journey to saving my sorry life.” Jesper expected Inej to laugh and was startled when she took Nina’s face between her hands and said, “Thank you for keeping me in this world when fate seemed determined to drag me to the next. I owe you a life debt.” Nina blushed deeply. “I was teasing, Inej.” She paused. “I think we’ve both had enough of debts.” “This is one I’m glad to bear.”

Six of Crows- Chapter 17 (Leigh Bardugo)

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Scraps of Suli culture

They're scattered all over the book, so if I missed something from Six of Crows specifically, feel free to add more.

“Inej!” Jesper crowed. “You’re not dead!” She smiled faintly. “No more than anyone.” “If you’re spouting depressing Suli wisdom, then you must be feeling better.”

SoC Ch. 17

Suli were travelers. For them, “home” really just meant family.

SoC Ch. 21

... Inej had once offered to teach him how to fall. “The trick is not getting knocked down,” he’d told her with a laugh. “No, Kaz,” she’d said, “the trick is in getting back up.” More Suli platitudes ...

SoC Ch. 22

“Who chooses our paths?”

SoC Ch. 42

There was no wind, and the sea looked flat and glassy as a millpond. “A stubborn sky,” murmured Inej, squinting out toward Vellgeluk.

SoC Ch. 44

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“I wasn’t—” Wylan left off and set down his pen. “Why do you think you know everything about me?” “I know plenty, merchling.” “How nice for you. I feel like I’ll never know enough.” “About what?” “About anything,” Wylan muttered.

Six of Crows- Chapter 17 (Leigh Bardugo)

Wylan should've met David. Their brains are build to be curious, unlike ordinary people's.

Wylan shrugged. “Or what about the ice moat?” he said, tapping the plan of the Ice Court. Matthias had said the moat wasn’t solid, only a slick, wafer-thin layer of ice over frigid water, thoroughly exposed and impossible to cross. “What about it?” “Where does all the water come from? The Court is on a hill, so where’s the aquifer or aqueduct to bring the water up?” “Does it matter? There’s a bridge. We don’t need to cross the ice moat.” “But aren’t you curious?” “Saints, no. Get me a system for winning at Three Man Bramble or Makker’s Wheel. That I’m curious about.” Wylan had turned back to his work, his disappointment obvious.

He sees something he doesn't understand, and wants to change that. Anything unknown is a problem to be solved, whether he needs it for practical reasons or not. And he cannot grasp absence of such urges.

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Kaz had been impressed with the sketches. “You think like a lockpick,” he’d told Wylan. “I do not.” “I mean you can see space along three axes.” “I’m not a criminal,” Wylan protested. Kaz had cast him an almost pitying look. “No, you’re a flautist who fell in with bad company.”

Six of Crows- Chapter 17 (Leigh Bardugo)

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“I can stand on my own,” Inej grumbled as she slid off the table and rose to her feet. “Humor me.” With a sigh, Inej gripped the arm that Jesper offered, and they made their way out of the cabin and up to the deck, Nina trailing behind them. “This is foolishness,” Inej said. “I’m fine.” “You are,” replied Jesper, “but I may keel over at any moment, so pay attention.”

Six of Crows- Chapter 17 (Leigh Bardugo)