Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added line(s) 2 (click to see context) :
* Really, everything about Bartimaeus' relationship with Ptolemy.
-->"It's two thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine years since Ptolemy died. He was fourteen. Eight world empires have risen up and fallen away since that day, and I still carry his face. Who do you think's the lucky one?"
-->"It's two thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine years since Ptolemy died. He was fourteen. Eight world empires have risen up and fallen away since that day, and I still carry his face. Who do you think's the lucky one?"
Changed line(s) 2 (click to see context) from:
** Bartimaeus digs it deeper by pointing out that Faquarl's desire for vengeance is a purpose, a human concept alien to djinni, meaning Faquarl unwittingly turned into the very thing he wanted to destroy. By acquiring a purpose of revenge, Faquarl has unwittingly done to himself what he accuses humans of doing to spirits - enslaving them to a purpose, something djinni don't naturally have.
to:
** Bartimaeus digs it deeper by pointing out that Faquarl's desire for vengeance is a purpose, a human concept alien to djinni, meaning Faquarl unwittingly turned into the very thing he wanted to destroy. By acquiring a purpose of revenge, Faquarl has unwittingly done to himself what he accuses humans of doing to spirits - enslaving them to a purpose, something djinni don't naturally have.have.
* The death of [[spoiler: Nathaniel]] at the end.
-->'''Kitty:''' [speaking at the ruins where [[spoiler: Nathaniel]] died] So much for your promises.
* The death of [[spoiler: Nathaniel]] at the end.
-->'''Kitty:''' [speaking at the ruins where [[spoiler: Nathaniel]] died] So much for your promises.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Faquarl's demise is [[AlasPoorVillain surprisingly sad]]. After so much rage, after sacrificing the possibility to return to the Other Side in order to his revolt against the magicians for all their millennia of slavery, he learns from Bartimaeus and Nathaniel than another type of relationship between magicians and spirits ''was'' possible all along.
** Bartimaeus digs it deeper by pointing out that Faquarl's desire for vengeance is a purpose, a human concept alien to djinni, meaning Faquarl unwittingly turned into the very thing he wanted to destroy. By acquiring a purpose of revenge, Faquarl has unwittingly done to himself what he accuses humans of doing to spirits - enslaving them to a purpose, something djinni don't naturally have.
** Bartimaeus digs it deeper by pointing out that Faquarl's desire for vengeance is a purpose, a human concept alien to djinni, meaning Faquarl unwittingly turned into the very thing he wanted to destroy. By acquiring a purpose of revenge, Faquarl has unwittingly done to himself what he accuses humans of doing to spirits - enslaving them to a purpose, something djinni don't naturally have.
