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Originally Posted by Dazrin
I'm not saying that she was treated as anything but a passive bystander, she was. (Although I thought there was a quick "you can't help because you don't have the freedom of the graveyard" statement to try to cover that a little.) I just don't agree that he used her as bait. His reasoning for putting her there was clear and I think he fully expected Jack to go after him instead of her. That's where things went pear shaped. Fortunately, his choice of hiding place for her included a last chance option for dealing with Jack in the Sleer.
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Fair points
Darzin - we just read it differently, which I understand happens occasionally here
I had the impression at the time that Bod specifically placed Scarlett there because he wanted to lure Jack to Sleer. I returned the book so can’t double check, but thought Scarlett actually used the word bait herself - that’s how she perceived his actions. But ‘bait’ might have just been my own injection
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However as you point out, he was only 15 and in the midst of a catastrophe. I wouldn’t want to give the impression I was down on Bod - I quite liked him. He was an admirable young man, and I REALLY wish we’d had a bit more about how he was making out in the land of the living.