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“‘Were you scared of Forest?’ Matty asked him. So many people were, and with good reason. ‘No. It’s all an illusion.’ Matty frowned. He didn’t know what the blind man meant. Was he saying that fear was an illusion? Or that Forest was?”
“Flaws like that were not allowed. People were put to death for less. But here in Village, marks and failings were not considered flaws at all. They were valued. The blind man had been given the true name Seer and was respected for the special vision that he had behind his ruined eyes.”
This passage highlights the difference between Village and the rest of the world. While the rest of the world is cruel and does not recognize or value differences in individuals, Village does. Village creates a safe place for those who would be persecuted in their homelands for the way they were born. This passage also introduces the concept of true names, which is an important recurring theme.
“Leader could see beyond the shadows but was not certain what he saw. It was blurred, but there was something in Forest that disturbed Leader’s consciousness and made him uneasy. He could not tell whether it was good or bad. Not yet.”
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