Status Updates From The Shadow of What Was Lost...

I fucking hate wirr

If I have to read “companionable silence” in a sentence one more time I might just DNF this book

I am locked in if only because poor Asha needs one functional adult and I am here in theory. That poir girl can not catch a break 😭✋️

“The conversation moved to lighter topics” DAVIAN IS LITERALLY DEAD TO THEM this is so ridiculous.
The ONLY mourning wirr felt for Davian was literally “he turned forward again and swallowed a lump in his throat, forcing himself to finally admit the hard truth.” THATS ALL. Has the author never lost a loved one?? Ever???

So wirr learns Davian is dead and is happy to casually converse with aelric about aelric’s childhood, somebody he previously felt zero affection for. There’s literally 0 mourning over Davian. Oh well, right?
Also we saw exactly 1 interaction with wirr and the girl and suddenly they’re “close” and “anyone with eyes can see it” see what exactly? Because I, as the reader, didn’t fucking see it.

“Wirr felt a pang of sorrow as he did every time he thought of the school”
“Something felt…off”
“They fell into companionable silence”
“Davian nodded slowly”
“Wirr thought about how he’s a prince and life is hard”
“Everything in the scene points to something wicked being nearby, but it all felt…unsettling”

I’m such a sl*t for a hero’s journey