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Originally Posted by Victoria
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  .
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. |
She did use the word bait, and as I said before I do understand why she used that word, but she didn't use it till after the fact. After Jack had followed her instead of Bod. I don't think Bod had ever considered using her as bait. He did use himself as bait though and was completely willing to do that. But if he had realized that she would be Jack's target, I think things would have turned out different. He would probably have stayed with her so that when Jack found them both he wouldn't have dealt with the others. Maybe he would have still been able to defeat Jack that way, but the others would have either gotten them afterwards or gotten away. It is unlikely they would have been able to be trapped if he had waited.
As for Scarlett, from her perspective seeing what she could see and not seeing a lot of the rest, I can see why after the fact it looked like Bod used her as bait. If, on the other hand, Jack had followed only Bod as expected it wouldn't have been an issue at all. Although, I'm not at all sure what Bod would have done to get out of that mess. He'd already used the two other traps I can think of in the graveyard.