The narrative point of view had shifted from Trevelyan in CHAPTER XII to Sean in CHAPTER XIII but now, still within XIII, shifts back to Trevelyan as he:
"...willed the pain out of his consciousness." (p. 113)
The pov stays with Trevelyan as he and Nicki:
"...saw a wreck of tangled branches, splintered trunks, and tumbled bodies." (ibid.)
- and Trevelyan himself thinks that the Nomads are meeting this devastation well.
The pov remains with Trevelyan for the rest of XIII. (Addendum: No. See here.)
How does reality, which before the evolution of central nervous systems was entirely objective, become divided into an objective realm and an indefinite number of individual subjectivities, yours, mine and everyone else's? This is the central question of philosophy and the point of intersection between philosophy and fiction.
The trepidation vortex brings the Peregrine to where it had wanted to go. How did that happen? Were the Alori able to bring it about? I cannot remember from previous readings but now I am about to return to an Inspector Morse novel before turning in.
Great Cosmos.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
A hard, difficult, often dangerous way of life would help train the Nomads in how to react to danger.
Ad astra! Sean
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