How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"They have all been embellished, of course, but at their heart they're mainly true." (22.173)
In supernatural stories, we often hear that the legends are true, and this book is no different. Think of it as a shout-out to the fact that the golem and the jinni are real-life folk tales that go back for millennia.
Quote #11
Where the thin old man had been, there stood another, naked, with a sun-blasted face beneath filthy wisps of hair. And where the man he knew as Ahmad had been, there stood something that was no man, nor earthly creature at all, but a kind of shimmering vision—like the air above the pavement on a scorching summer day, or a candle flame whipped by the wind. (24.94)
This is the only time we see the Jinni's true form, or Schaalman's, for that matter. The Jinni's is much more exciting and supernatural, being inhuman and all.