Public Transportation & Personal Reflection
fter the train left the station we spent some time discussing the crazy that had occurred earlier in the day when we were exiting the Forbidden Forest.
I still felt weird talking about Arian. Despite the fact that I now accepted I could see the future, I think there was a part of me that had trouble accepting him. I was used to people rooting for my destruction—what with Mauvrey and Lady Agnue and all—but having an actual nemesis felt kind of unreal. With so many elements of my story still engulfed in mystery, it was like I didn’t feel fully connected to the idea yet.
Regardless, the fact remained that Arian was becoming a far too consistent player in our present situation for me to ignore his existence. We needed to talk about him. So while I
