During a difficult conversation:
"Through rising winds, Kenri heard..." (p. 203)
These winds are entirely metaphorical.
When he has decided against joining the ruling caste but will instead stay with his people:
"The time felt long before he was back in Kith Town. Then he walked in empty streets, breathing the cold night wind of Earth." (p. 205)
Empty streets match his empty mood. This wind is physical but its coldness reflects the lack of human relationship and warmth between the Star class and the Kith. That class will be long gone when Kenri returns to Earth and he will be long gone when Envoy returns. Does history teach just that everything goes?
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I think history teaches us all merely human affairs and events are chaotic, unpredictable, contingent.
Ad astra! Sean
And transient?
Kaor, Paul!
And that as well. No civilization will last forever. They will all fall and be succeeded by new civilizations.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean: true. You only remain the same if you're dead.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
A melancholy thought! (Wryly smiling)
Ad astra! Sean
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