This chapter begins not with Hector abusing his child or performing, but with the man in the grey suit.
He is visiting an orphanage, searching for a student to challenge Celia, and presents "unusual criteria" to the headmistress as to what he is searching for.
Three children are brought to him to be privately interviewed, two of which are dismissed. As they leave, they offer and are offered no explanation, but only look confused, and it's here that I wonder just what he was asking them, because the interview of the third child seemed pretty trivial, except for the cane throwing.
The only test the man gives him is throwing a cane at him(which he catches), and it seems like kind of a gamble to choose a child to participate in a lifelong game just because he has good reflexes.
He is visiting an orphanage, searching for a student to challenge Celia, and presents "unusual criteria" to the headmistress as to what he is searching for.
Three children are brought to him to be privately interviewed, two of which are dismissed. As they leave, they offer and are offered no explanation, but only look confused, and it's here that I wonder just what he was asking them, because the interview of the third child seemed pretty trivial, except for the cane throwing.
The only test the man gives him is throwing a cane at him(which he catches), and it seems like kind of a gamble to choose a child to participate in a lifelong game just because he has good reflexes.
The only other requirements, it seems, are:
Likes books
And that's it.
Likes books
And that's it.
Because after the cane, the man tells the boy he will be coming with him.
"Do I have a choice?"
"Do you wish to remain here?"
The boy considers this for a moment.
"No," he says.
"Very well."
"Do you wish to remain here?"
The boy considers this for a moment.
"No," he says.
"Very well."
Now, exactly how magic is taught is never explained, so I don't know if you have to have a certain gene or a high enough IQ level or whatever, but if anyone who likes to read and can catch things can do it, then we should seriously consider altering our school system to something more Hogwarts-like.
This chapter ends with something that sounds like abduction: "the man in the grey suit takes him from the grey stone building, and he does not return."
Chapter Four should be up by Tuesday.
Shatter Me might be a while longer, so I might be posting some other things (mini-reviews, Night Vale/Doctor Who speculation, philosophical ramblings, etc.) in the meantime.
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