1. Actually I had figured they had become good friends by that point; Gen made sure that Dite's exile was a pretty pleasant one, and he mentioned something to the effect of "Dite was the one person in the court that I liked" after he was gone.
2. I don't have my copy on me, but I think it was pretty obvious from what Relius said? He was talking about how it must have been a "major" breech, "no one" should have known where the spies was, etc. When reading it, I figured, "oh, then it must be the fault of the guy on top." Gen thought the same way?
3. Attolia is very, very strict. Costis in the beginning was sure he was going to be killed for merely punching Gen, so I'm sure that Gen's death is also a killable crime.
1. As hinikuish said, I kind of figured they became good friends by the time of Dite's exile. So it makes sense to me that when Gen's hurt, they're either already good friends, or are becoming that way.
2. I think it may have been both. Gen is good at gathering his own information; he's also good at making educated guesses. So he may have had a suspicion of what was already going on, and Relius' behavior confirmed it.
3. I think Attolia would have definitely killed them if Gen died. They were responsible for watching him, after all. And she's very angry when Gen gets hurt, and he's the only only one who can convince her to be more merciful. If he were to die, she'd be even more upset, and there would be no one who would be able to convince her to be more merciful/rational
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1. Friends, maybe, but his brother also was responsible for the attack. Dite doesn't know that, but he may feel vaguely responsible anyway, since he might guess that, if not his brother, his own father could be behind it. Also, LOTS of people go to Gen's room -- it's only Dite and Heiro that Gen chooses to admit, so maybe Gen lets him in hoping to get information
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2) I agree that Gen suspected that Relius was guilty, and that he knew that Relius, knowing the queen, would try to commit suicide to save himself from torture. Gen also knew that Attolia wouldn't be able to stand that, and so told her to have him arrested.
3)Attolia is pretty predictable when it comes to people failing in thier duty. Also, since the Attolians openly dislike Eugenides, if he dies while the guards and attendants are supposed to be protecting him and she did nothing about it it would look (to the Eddisians) as if she didn't care that no one did anything to stop it.
5) I figure Attolia wouldn't have any reason to tell the captain of her guard and her master of spies her true feelings about Gen. I mean she isn't used to trusting or confiding in people. I imagine her attitude would be, "Its none of your business. You know your duty. Do it."
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2. I don't have my copy on me, but I think it was pretty obvious from what Relius said? He was talking about how it must have been a "major" breech, "no one" should have known where the spies was, etc. When reading it, I figured, "oh, then it must be the fault of the guy on top." Gen thought the same way?
3. Attolia is very, very strict. Costis in the beginning was sure he was going to be killed for merely punching Gen, so I'm sure that Gen's death is also a killable crime.
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2. I think it may have been both. Gen is good at gathering his own information; he's also good at making educated guesses. So he may have had a suspicion of what was already going on, and Relius' behavior confirmed it.
3. I think Attolia would have definitely killed them if Gen died. They were responsible for watching him, after all. And she's very angry when Gen gets hurt, and he's the only only one who can convince her to be more merciful. If he were to die, she'd be even more upset, and there would be no one who would be able to convince her to be more merciful/rational ( ... )
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3)Attolia is pretty predictable when it comes to people failing in thier duty. Also, since the Attolians openly dislike Eugenides, if he dies while the guards and attendants are supposed to be protecting him and she did nothing about it it would look (to the Eddisians) as if she didn't care that no one did anything to stop it.
5) I figure Attolia wouldn't have any reason to tell the captain of her guard and her master of spies her true feelings about Gen. I mean she isn't used to trusting or confiding in people. I imagine her attitude would be, "Its none of your business. You know your duty. Do it."
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