Status Updates From Into the Windwracked Wilds ...

Time to reread this one.

A. Excited to add Jack Daw to our band of misfits.

B. The way Crow Girl (Soleil - beautiful name, and very for coded) addressed the queen so informally. And the queen seemed almost frightened of her for a second. Maybe she really was a princess.

C. That was incredibly smart on Zib's part. The loophole of how Avery's trade was contingent on the Queen's guarantee of safety and hospitality for a day.

"The Queen had already done her enough harm. She didn't get to be commemorated with scars." -180pg

"Are you coming with us?'
'My mother's going to be furious when she realizes what you're doing. (..) Of course I'm coming with you." -197pg

"She understands that tidiness takes many different forms, even as people do, and 'presentable' for a zephyr isn't the same as 'presentable' for a nixie, but she likes it when people make an effort."

More people should take on this logic when it comes to understanding other people's normal.

"I'm a girl, and I'm weird. The Crow Girl's a girl and she's made of birds, and that's weird. And Niamh's a girl and she drowned and didn't stop moving, and that's weird. All the girls we have around here are weird." -115pg

I love that he's still carrying Crow Girl on his hip, especially now that their on the Queen of Swords castle where she'd feel even more vulnerable then ever. -120pg

She asked for uppies!! 🥺
He can join the group. He gave our little, baby Crow Girl uppies, I'm sold.
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"My girls can't hold the Page forever." -106pg


" "Fine," said Niamh. "But you stay on two legs."
"I'll have to if I want to carry this one," said Jack. "
Further sold. -107pg

Lol. Speaking of neurodivergent .

I love that the author used almost an entire page to give us the definition of a geography term.

He must be fun at parties. 🙃

Imagine listening to someone describe every square foot of their yard in great detail, probably repeatedly, until you could navigate easily without ever having been there.
That's got to be a circle of hell.

"People can't own people anymore," said Avery. "It's against the law." -83pg

"Why did Crow Girl have to give her name away if you get to keep yours? It isn't fair." -Avery -87pg

Like I said, Avery will be a fantastic lawyer/politician/activist/social worker/etc. He has a strong sense of justice when it comes to ppl.