Hannah Armstrong

I love it.

there's really like that like sense of powerlessness and helplessness against his uncle is like there's really not he only has himself in his brain yes and when that fails as well it just makes that so much more intense like when there's just nothing he when his brain can't get him out like yeah I love that that level of desperation that you just can't

Yeah, like you said, you can't really achieve when there's a well-built-out magic system that they all can tap into.

No, I was also just thinking about how like it also ties back to the romance as well because it's like he is capable of so much.

But then he needs Damon.

Like he realises that he can't do it all alone and that's just such an exquisite way to build out a romance as well.

just like and then he had brown hair and blonde hair or whatever it was so just so rich in my mind yes and intimate like intimate in ways that not just sexual like the having to lace up for so long with such a powerful image to almost yeah yeah it was it's so richly done but then like Damon being his polar opposite like he's just wearing a toga

But then also the tonal shift with Laurent as well when he then took the Achilles traditional dress.

Was it Cheechin?

Oh, yeah, Toga.

Let's go with that.

I don't know what it's called.

I don't know.

I don't remember.

I think it was Tunic.

Let's say Tunic.

Wasn't it Tunic?

Yeah.

Anyway, I love how that shows such a shift of character when Laurent picks up that as well.

I think it was a level of understanding from Damon really that like, it wasn't so much of a surprise to any of the readers, but it was a surprise to him.