How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"You called him your master. I assumed he forced you to be his servant?" "It wasn't like that," she muttered. (13.129)
The Golem and the Jinni have different views on freedom. The Jinni cannot comprehend that someone might want a master, and by this point, the Golem has realized that being bound to a master isn't exactly anyone's default preference in this world.
Quote #8
In a way, life at the House was like being incarcerated again. (14.13)
Schaalman is used to coming and going as he pleases—he is decidedly not used to abiding by the rules of a boarding house. And since this wizard has actually been in jail, he knows exactly what incarceration feels like. (We hope the food at the Sheltering House is better at least.)
Quote #9
"I have no idea," [the Jinni] said, "how long I was that man's servant. His slave. I don't know what he made me do." (14.94)
We're not sure what's worse, being someone's servant, or not remembering what you had to do when you were a servant. Would you want to remember, or would you want to forget?