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Character Role Analysis

Nick/Jamie

Nick is a man of action; Jamie prefers to hang back. Nick carries a sword and fights monsters; Jamie cowers. Nick can't make small talk to save his life; Jamie is downright chatty. Nick doesn't understand emotions; Jamie knows what he thinks and feels and is relatively gifted at reading others, too. Nick is physically intimidating; Jamie is small for his age. We could probably keep on going, but we think you get the picture. (It's not exactly a subtle one.)