How It All Goes Down
The Serpentine
- The Serpentine is the main road in Loramendi, the chimaera capital, and it is where a huge dance takes place. It's like one of those exciting elaborate dances from Pride and Prejudice, except that no one wants to dance with Madrigal.
- They stay away from her because she is assumed to be Thiago's.
- Did we mention this is a costume party? People of beast aspect wear human masks, and people of human aspect wear beast masks. Fun Fun.
- This costuming becomes important when a man in a horse-head mask actually has the guts to dance with Madrigal. He's very seductive and secretive. "I know who you are. I came here for you" (51.23), he says.
- They flirt their way through the dance, she all sugar and sweet and he all "spice and salt" (51.36). Yum.
- As the dance starts to wind down, Madrigal presses him harder to tell her who he really is.
- "I came to thank you […] for saving my life" (51.40), he says.
- Well, Madrigal's a freaking hero. She's saved tons of lives.
- So who's this pony boy?
- She leans in and looks into his mask.
- When she sees his blazing eyes, she knows exactly who it is.