How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"We must do something to protect those two, Will, or their minds will bend. They cannot stand the pressure, the Dark will send them mad. You have the power, and the rest of us do not." (8.120)
For an eleven-year-old, Will is under a lot of pressure. Farmer Dawson tells him in the church that Will has more power than the other Old Ones, so he has to be the one to defeat the Dark. Hey, no one said it would be easy for the Sign-Seeker.
Quote #5
The room was misery and chaos: small babies wailing, parents huddling their bodies round their children to keep them warm enough to breathe. Will rubbed his chill hands together, and tried to feel his feet and his face through the numbness of cold. The room was becoming colder and colder, and from the freezing world outside there was no sound even of the wind. (10.49)
The powers of the Dark bring a huge chill, and freeze everyone in their places. It's a very other-worldly presence that is super overwhelming to everyone. It instills a helplessness that's just plain creepy, sad (small crying babies!), and deserving of an apocalyptic movie.
Quote #6
"It is one of the oldest," Merriman said. "And the most powerful. Now that you have it, they lose their power over Mary forever—that spell is dead. Come, we must go." (11.134)
The Sign on the ship contains so much power that Mary will be released from the Rider's grip. Phew. Will was worried about his sister. Now that he has the Sign, he has more command than ever before, especially since the Dark can no longer use his sister against him. Ha.