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* SwornBrothers: Blood brotherhood, with an entire ritual going with it, is a common practice among the Wa-hima and their neighbour tribes. Staś himself ends up bounding with Kali this way, and later Kali uses it extensively in tribal diplomacy.
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* BloodBrothers: Common practice among the Wa-hima and their neighbour tribes. Staś himself ends up bounding with Kali this way, and later Kali uses it extensively in tribal diplomacy.
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* SandInMyEyes: Nel insists her eyes are sweating, and she's most definitely not crying.
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* LiberatedButLoyal: [[TokenBlackFriend Token Black Friends]] Kali and Mea are Africans enslaved by Mahdi's followers. After [[TheHero Staś]] becomes Kali's master [[spoiler: by killing Gebhr, their kidnapper and Kali's previous master]] and [[TheCutie Nel]] becomes Mea's mistress, the heroes consider them friends - but [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe the Africans are still very loyal]] and Kali even calls Staś "great master".
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* {{BFG}}: The gun used by Staś is double-barelled ''rifle'', a specific type of gun for big game hunting.
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* {{BFG}}: The gun used by Staś is double-barelled ''rifle'', a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_rifle specific type of gun gun]] for big game hunting.
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* DelicateAndSickly: Nel's delicate health is mentioned right at the start, in chapter I. It's only a matter of time before she catches malaria and large part of the drama is about keeping her healthy from there on.
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* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: One of Staś's escape attempts (using Nel's gloves). Later on he makes and lets loose to the winds kites with their whereabouts, hoping to attract rescuers. [[spoiler: One od the kites does reach the dads, bringing them to the exactly right place at the nick of time.]]
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* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: One of Staś's escape attempts (using Nel's gloves). Later on he makes and lets loose to the winds kites with their whereabouts, hoping to attract rescuers. [[spoiler: One od of the kites does reach the dads, bringing them to the exactly right place at the nick of time.]]
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* WhiteMansBurden: Mild, since Staś is 14, but if that wasn't for him, Kali would still be a slave.
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* WhiteMansBurden: Mild, since Staś is 14, but if that wasn't for him, Kali would still be a slave. He and Nel also take it upon themselves to teach christianity to Kali and Mea and baptise them, which leads to one or two moments of levity.
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* ChekhovsClassroom: Staś trains Idrys in using his breech-loaded, cartridge-fed hunting rifle, quite a novelty back then. [[spoiler: [[InvertedTrope Since Idrys dies out of malaria]], this leaves Staś as the only person who knows how to use the gun capable of killing the lion]].
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* ChekhovsClassroom: Staś trains Idrys in using his breech-loaded, cartridge-fed hunting rifle, quite a novelty back then. [[spoiler: [[InvertedTrope Since Idrys dies out of malaria]], this leaves Staś as the only person who knows how to use the gun capable of killing the lion]].
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* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: One of Staś's escape attempts (using Nel's gloves). Later on he makes and lets loose to the winds kites with their whereabouts, hoping to attract rescuers.
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* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: One of Staś's escape attempts (using Nel's gloves). Later on he makes and lets loose to the winds kites with their whereabouts, hoping to attract rescuers. [[spoiler: One od the kites does reach the dads, bringing them to the exactly right place at the nick of time.]]
