I feel like it's something about ZYL trying to build up a clearer picture so that he knows enough to talk about it. For someone who's generally so capable at social engineering and effectively communicating what he wants to, it must feel like a minefield to know there's a whole history here between them that he doesn't know or understand yet.
Oh yeah, that makes sense to me!
(That actually makes me really sad about the relationship between ZYL's parents. Because the dad is in the know, right?)
I don't actually remember how much he knows - I guess I'll find out when we get there!
(And the secrecy exists in the drama too, but a) IMO it's less fundamental because the whole Netherworld and ghosts aspect is closer to home than Dixing - it's the ghosts of dead humans, after all, and b) by the end of the drama it's all been blown wide open and public. I don't think that happens in the novel - or does it?)
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Oh yeah, that makes sense to me!
(That actually makes me really sad about the relationship between ZYL's parents. Because the dad is in the know, right?)
I don't actually remember how much he knows - I guess I'll find out when we get there!
(And the secrecy exists in the drama too, but a) IMO it's less fundamental because the whole Netherworld and ghosts aspect is closer to home than Dixing - it's the ghosts of dead humans, after all, and b) by the end of the drama it's all been blown wide open and public. I don't think that happens in the novel - or does it?)