How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
As they passed Sein de Veilles, Jadine's legs burned with the memory of tar. (10.11)
Jade is traumatized by her experience of sinking up to her waist in a tar pit and feeling as though she was going to die. For months afterward, she can feel the tar burning her skin. On a symbolic level, you could also say that the tar pit signifies the black people in Jade's life, who Jade fears are trying to pull her into a world that she has spent a lifetime trying to avoid.