What did you think of the Kreelan city? Did you expect them to understand beauty, after seeing how they treated the human civilizations? I didn't really think about the Kreelans' understanding of beauty until that chapter. I figured that what they did to the human civilizations was due to the Kreelans not believing humans were worthy due to being soulless.
How do you think you might feel if you were in Reza's place when Esah-Zhurah takes him through the city?Just in awe, trying to catch as much as possible. Not only has Reza been locked up in a windowless room, he is now immersed in this totally foreign culture. So, despite whatever hateful feelings he might have toward the people who killed his family and civilization, there must also a sense of tremendous wonder in how the Kreelans function.
We have seen Tesh Dar spare Reza's life once and save it twice now. Why do you think she is so tolerant of Reza, when all she had done before is kill humans at first sight?
I think their meeting in the first chapter deeply affected her. She is rather impressed by Reza; if he had that much fight as a pup, he must have great warrior potential. Also, I think a part of her is starting to wonder whether maybe humans do have souls, and therefore are worth saving, and she's decided Reza is a better specimen than most for her to study.
How did you feel when Reza and Esah-Zhurah expressed their feelings toward one another?
Until she saved him in the cold, I wasn't sure how exactly Esah-Zhurah really felt about Reza. It was as if there was always a part of her that didn't respect him and didn't want to care if he was hurt or killed. She allows her pride to place them both in danger at the beginning of Chapter 10. I think by the end of the chapter, she finally gives up the part of her that wanted to see him as an animal.
Brilliant story: part Romeo and Juliet, part black widow! It seems like there must be a lot of truth to it, but makes me wonder whether the Empress still possesses magical powers. Like, can she un-curse her race?
Why do you think Esah-Zhurah fears dying most of all by being eaten by a creature ignorant of everything but hunger and primal instincts?
To her, it is not an honorable death, as dying in combat or even in training would be.
3949-55 -Tesh Dar, as she concludes her discussion with Esah-Zhurah, has the thought "...Esah-Zhurah was more than just another young warrior to her. Far more." What could make her so important to her?
I don't know! A few guesses: Esah-Zhurah is her daughter or related in some other way; there is a prophecy about Esah-Zhurah, for which she was singled out to be Reza's tresh; she is the only one who has managed to bond with a human partner (I am thinking the other kids saved form Hallmark were also put through Reza's training regimen and must be out there somewhere if they have not all been killed already).
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sometimes my brain just has too many things going through it LOL.
