History Literature / TheBoneSeason

* ImNotHungry: Paige does this no less than three times in the early stages of her imprisonment. She despises having to accept anything like generosity or benevolence from her keeper, partly out of pride and partly because she can't abide being on the lower end of the power balance between them.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: For all her bravado in the penal colony, Paige is afraid and on her guard, refusing to trust Warden despite his relatively benign keepership. When she finds out that his fiancée murders clairvoyants to usurp their gifts, she reacts with anger and horror, calling him evil and demanding to switch keepers. Warden replies in such a way as to completely take the wind out of her sails.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: For all her bravado, Paige is afraid and on her guard in the penal colony, refusing to trust Warden despite his relatively benign keepership. When she finds out that his fiancée murders clairvoyants to usurp their gifts, she reacts with anger and horror, calling him evil and demanding to switch keepers. Warden replies in such a way as to completely take the wind out of her sails.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: For a good portion of the book, Paige is scared, defensive and angry with Warden, refusing to trust him despite his relatively benign keepership. When she finds out that Nashira, his betrothed, murders clairvoyants to usurp their gifts, she lashes out at him, calling him evil and demanding to switch keepers. Warden replies in such a way as to completely take the wind out of her sails.

--> "Go now, if you choose. Die. Never look upon me again. I see no reason to prolong your suffering."

* ArmorPiercingResponse: For a good portion of the book, Paige is scared, defensive and angry with Warden, refusing to trust him despite his relatively benign keepership. When she finds out that Nashira, his betrothed, murders clairvoyants to usurp their gifts, she lashes out at him, calling him evil and demanding to switch keepers. Warden replies in such a way as to completely takes the wind out of her sails.

* HeldGaze: Paige catches a Rephaite studying her at the oration, and holds his gaze for an intense, charged moment before she remembers that she's forbidden to look him in the eye. Once he becomes her keeper, they start doing this on a regular basis.

* RuleOfThree: Paige saves her keeper's life three times: once by cleaning his wounds, once by giving him her blood, and once by lying for him to Nashira. Warden, likewise, asserts that he has saved Paige's life more than three times over; we don't see it, but it's not too hard to imagine him intervening on her behalf with the other Rephaim. This habit of theirs results in a [[PsychicLink golden cord]] mysteriously forming between them. Little is revealed about it except that they can use it to transmit images and emotions through the æther.

* TimeSkip: There's a gap of four or five months between Liss surfacing from spirit shock and the Bicentenary. A few "missing scenes" from this gap feature in ''The Dawn Chorus.''

* ArmorPiercingResponse: For a good portion of the book, Paige is scared, defensive and angry with Warden, refusing to trust him despite his relatively benign keepership. When she finds out that Nashira, his betrothed, murders clairvoyants to usurp their gifts, she lashes out at him, calling him evil and demanding to switch keepers. Warden -- as is his custom -- replies in such a way as to completely takes the wind out of her sails.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: For a good portion of the book, Paige is scared, defensive and angry with Warden, refusing to trust him despite his relatively benign keepership. When she finds out that Nashira, his betrothed, murders clairvoyants to usurp their gifts, she lashes out at him, calling him evil and demanding to switch keepers. Warden -- as is his custom -- gives a deeply perceptive reply that completely takes the wind out of her sails.

* LimaSyndrome: Warden's treatment of Paige is singularly humane and considerate, which seems incongruous until we learn that he's a dissident of the Sargas regime and unsympathetic toward the violent colonization of Sheol I. He always intended to make an ally of her, should she prove trustworthy. By looking through her memories to determine whether or not she's likely to betray him, he comes to empathize with Paige on a deeply personal level and eventually to desire more than alliance from her.

* LimaSyndrome: Warden's treatment of Paige, his prisoner, is singularly humane and considerate, which seems incongruous until we learn that he's a dissident of the Sargas regime and unsympathetic toward the violent colonization of Sheol I. He always intended to make an ally of her, should she prove trustworthy. By looking through her memories to determine whether or not she's likely to betray him, he comes to empathize with Paige on a deeply personal level and eventually to desire more than alliance from her.

--> '''Underguard''': That's what they all say, Mr. Linwood. They tend to forget that when they see [[HellholePrison the Tower]].

* ImNotHungry: Paige does this no less than three times in the early stages of her imprisonment. She despises having to accept anything like generosity or benevolence from her keeper, partly out of pride and partly because she can't abide being in such a position of vulnerability.

* FlashbackCut: When Warden brings up the subject of possession, Paige flashes back to the day Jaxon asked her to break into his dreamscape and puppeteer him. It's not a ''new'' possibility for her as a dreamwalker, but one she never seriously considered. The ability to possess people will prove critical to her survival as the series goes on.

** When she wakes up after walking in Warden's dreamscape, still furious with him about the salvia, Michael greets her with a breakfast spread. She tells him she's not hungry and that she doesn't want Warden's "guilt breakfast," but since she doesn't have anything against Michael personally, it doesn't take much coaxing to make her eat.

* ImNotHungry: Paige does this no less than three times in the early stages of her imprisonment. She despises having to accept anything like generosity or benevolence from her keeper, partly out of pride and partly because she hates being in such a position of vulnerability.

* FamousLastWords: A medium happens to be in the room with Paige during the spot check. Knowing that he'll be detaied and executed if he doesn't escape, he dares the Underguards to do battle with his [[GuardianAngel guardian angel]]. It doesn't work out for him.

* TimeSkip: There's a gap of four or five months between Liss surfacing from spirit shock and the Bicentenary. A few "missing scenes" from this time feature in ''The Dawn Chorus.''

* LimaSyndrome: Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]]. Warden's treatment of Paige, his only prisoner, is singularly humane and considerate, which seems incongruous until we learn that he's a dissident of the Sargas regime and unsympathetic toward the violent colonization of Sheol I. He always intended to make an ally of her, should she prove trustworthy. By looking through Paige's memories to determine whether or not she's likely to betray him, he comes to empathize with her on a deeply personal level and eventually to desire more than alliance from her.

** When she wakes up after walking in Warden's dreamscape, still furious with her keeper, Michael is there with a breakfast spread. She tells him she's not hungry and that she doesn't want Warden's "guilt breakfast," but since she doesn't have anything against Michael personally, it doesn't take much coaxing to make her eat.

---> I wanted him to think I was hunger strike. I wanted my power back. I wanted to make him feel as small as I felt.

* ImNotHungry: Paige does this twice in the early stages of her imprisonment. She despises having to accept anything like generosity or benevolence from her keeper, partly out of pride and partly because she hates being in such a position of vulnerability.

* ItIsDehumanizing: Used by a few of the Rephaim, just to show what assholes they are.

* FlashbackCut: When Warden brings up the subject of possession, Paige flashes back to the day Jaxon asked her to break into his dreamscape and puppeteer him. It's not a ''new'' possibility for her as a dreamwalker, but one she never seriously considered. She tells Warden that she can't do it.

* ItIsDehumanizing: Used by those Rephaim who look far, far down on humans.

* StockholmSyndrome: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] somewhat. Paige dislikes and distrusts Warden for being her personal jailor, reacting with hostility to his every [[PetTheDog overture of kindness]], and only comes to sympathize with him when she learns that a. he's one of the scarred ones, b. he's as much Nashira's prisoner as she is, and c. he's going to help her organize a prison break. They become friends and co-conspirators soon afterward. By the Bicentenary, she has [[spoiler: developed romantic feelings for him]] and is reluctant to part ways with him.

* ItIsDehumanizing: Used by the Rephaim who look far, far down on humans.

* LimaSyndrome:

* ItIsDehumanizing: Thuban refers to Paige as "it" when questioning Warden about her, demonstrating his especially contemptuous view of human worth: about on par with animals, if not lower. Warden presents an immediate contrast by answering with "she."

* StockholmSyndrome: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] somewhat. Paige dislikes and distrusts Warden for being her personal jailor, reacting with hostility to his every [[PetTheDog overture of kindness]], and only comes to sympathize with him when she learns that a. he's one of the scarred ones, b. he's as much Nashira's prisoner as she is, and c. he's going to help her organize a prison break. They become friends and co-conspirators soon afterward. By the Bicentenary, she cares for his well-being and is reluctant to part ways with him, not to mention [[spoiler: willing to kiss him]].

* FlashbackCut: When Warden brings up the subject of possession, Paige flashes back to the day Jaxon asked her to break into his dreamscape and puppeteer him. It's not a ''new'' possibility for her as a dreamwalker, but one she never seriously considered.