The Ropemaker The Home Quotes

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Quote #10

[…] Moreover, since then she had changed, grown, become aware of what she was and what she could do, and with that had come a greater awareness of things she might not have noticed before. [...] It was simply there, pressing in against her, a different kind of magic from any that she could deal with, diffuse and huge. (19.39)

While walking through the Valley's forest on her way home, Tilja notices that it feels very different from the previous times she'd been there. Is it the forest itself—the cedars in which the Urlasdaughters have spoken to the unicorns for generations—that has changed? No, it's Tilja herself. Even if she can't chat with these trees, she is finally aware of their magic, thanks to the realization of her own power.