Chapter 21:
"We come to experience, not to change." People always seem to assume that aliens want to take over, make Earth be the planet they want. But that doesn't seem to be the case here. The Souls don't want to change anything on Earth. When they were inserted, they kept the same behaviors that the host human had. If the human had a partner, they stayed with that partner. Interesting.
"What stopped me wasn't the knowledge that a move like that would get me killed. What stopped me was the fact that I was weaker than the human in this way; even to save the boy, I could not make myself touch the weapon." Jeb put Jamie on guard duty. He gave Jamie his gun. That freaked Wanderer out. She still saw Jamie as a child, and didn't think a child should have a weapon like that. She almost grabbed it out of his hand, but she couldn't. She was scared of it. Another way of showing her innocence.
"These were not the tears of a child, and that made them more profound--made it more sacred and painful that he would cry them in front of me. This was the grief of a man at the funeral for his entire family." Wanderer told Jamie how the Souls invaded Earth. It hurt him to hear, because he "lost" his dad and his sister. His family. Imagine the pain of losing your whole family. Now I am reminded of the Doctor. Not only is his family gone, so is his planet. He is the last Timelord. Add Rose, Donna, and all the other companions that he has lost, all the lives he failed to save. So much pain.
"The mysterious bond of mother and child--so strong on this planet--was not a mystery to me any longer. There was no bond greater than one that required your life for another's. I'd understood this truth before; what I had not understood was why. Now I knew why a mother would give her life for her child, and this knowledge would forever shape the way I saw the universe." Lily sacrificing herself for Harry. Harry sacrificing himself for everyone. Katniss volunteering in place of Prim. Mulan fighting so her aged father would not have to.
Wanderer has been renamed Wanda.
Chapter 22:
"I've been wondering if you all aren't turning sort of human. If we don't have some real influence, in the end." Was Wandar turning human? Or did it somehow already fit her nature. I know a lot of Melanie's feelings were new for Wanda, but you could already tell that Wanderer had a soft nature.
Chapter 23:
Wanda confessed to Jamie that Melanie was still there.
"Was he really no longer intent on my death? Or just looking for an opportunity." Wanda still doesn't know what to think of Ian. He first tried to kill her, now he is being nice to her. Why?
---Amelia
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