Everyone gets out of town fine, and are joined on the boat by the girl, and finally Perrin gets to talk to her. Her name is Zarine, though she’s taken on the Awesome McCoolName Mandarb for her time as a Hunter. So, anyone want to tell these people where the Horn is now? Eh, I didn’t think so. She’s also a Knife Nut, so it’s destiny that she and Thom will meet down the line, and she’s following the group just because they’re eclectic enough that her Genre Savvy tells her they’re going somewhere important.
By now I’ve gotten some idea of why this series gets called sexist, but so far Zarine is an argument against that. She’s an immediately engaging character in her own right apart from latching onto Perrin’s story, and if it seems pretty clear that she’s being set up as a love interest for him, at least the story isn’t jumping to that, and allowing them to develop a connection naturally.
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