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Hmm. I think I prefer Stephen to Jack because of Stephen's science. He's willing to try virtually anything, with sometimes fairly horrible results. But that doesn't even seem to slow him down the next time. And he has such excitement about a new bug or bird. (This is seen less in this book than in later ones, but there are still plenty of examples here.)
With Jack, it's his joie de vivre here in this book, but so many other qualities that come to the fore later in the series. Loyalty, a compelling mathematical mind, and his absolute fecklessness ashore.
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