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* Everything about Abigail's brother, Paul, who is dying a slow and progressively-debilitating death from cancer. And everything Abigail does to comfort him, knowing all the while that she'll never be able to master magic fast enough to save him, assuming it's even possible.
** Speaking of Abigail, there's the moment in ''What Abigail Did That Summer'' when she brings the ghost of a Society of the Rose proto-feminist up to date on how far women's rights have come in Britain since the late practitioner's time. If ever a Folly-verse ghost went to its eternal rest feeling utter joy, that one did.
** Speaking of Abigail, there's the moment in ''What Abigail Did That Summer'' when she brings the ghost of a Society of the Rose proto-feminist up to date on how far women's rights have come in Britain since the late practitioner's time. If ever a Folly-verse ghost went to its eternal rest feeling utter joy, that one did.
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* Everything about Abigail's brother, Paul, who is dying a slow and progressively-debilitating death from cancer. And everything Abigail does to comfort him, knowing all the while that she'll never be able to master magic fast enough to save him, assuming it's even possible.
** Speaking of Abigail, there's the moment in ''What Abigail Did That Summer'' when she brings the ghost of a Society of the Rose proto-feminist up to date on how far women's rights have come in Britain since the late practitioner's time. If ever a Folly-verse ghost went to its eternal rest feeling utter joy, that one did.possible.
** Speaking of Abigail, there's the moment in ''What Abigail Did That Summer'' when she brings the ghost of a Society of the Rose proto-feminist up to date on how far women's rights have come in Britain since the late practitioner's time. If ever a Folly-verse ghost went to its eternal rest feeling utter joy, that one did.
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** Speaking of Abigail, there's the moment in ''What Abigail Did That Summer'' when she brings the ghost of a Society of the Rose proto-feminist up to date on how far women's rights have come since the woman's time. If ever a Folly-verse ghost went to its eternal rest feeling utter joy, that one did.
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** Speaking of Abigail, there's the moment in ''What Abigail Did That Summer'' when she brings the ghost of a Society of the Rose proto-feminist up to date on how far women's rights have come in Britain since the woman's late practitioner's time. If ever a Folly-verse ghost went to its eternal rest feeling utter joy, that one did.
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* Everything about Abigail's brother, Paul, who is dying a slow and progressively-debilitating death from cancer. And everything Abigail does to comfort him, knowing all the while that she'll never be able to master magic fast enough to save him, assuming it's even possible.
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* Everything about Abigail's brother, Paul, who is dying a slow and progressively-debilitating death from cancer. And everything Abigail does to comfort him, knowing all the while that she'll never be able to master magic fast enough to save him, assuming it's even possible.possible.
** Speaking of Abigail, there's the moment in ''What Abigail Did That Summer'' when she brings the ghost of a Society of the Rose proto-feminist up to date on how far women's rights have come since the woman's time. If ever a Folly-verse ghost went to its eternal rest feeling utter joy, that one did.
** Speaking of Abigail, there's the moment in ''What Abigail Did That Summer'' when she brings the ghost of a Society of the Rose proto-feminist up to date on how far women's rights have come since the woman's time. If ever a Folly-verse ghost went to its eternal rest feeling utter joy, that one did.
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* Everything about Abigail's brother, Paul, who is dying a slow and progressively-debilitating death from cancer. And everything Abigail does to comfort him, knowing all the while that she'll never be able to master magic fast enough to save him even if it's possible.
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* Everything about Abigail's brother, Paul, who is dying a slow and progressively-debilitating death from cancer. And everything Abigail does to comfort him, knowing all the while that she'll never be able to master magic fast enough to save him even if him, assuming it's even possible.
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--> ''Because it's always a waste of time, all those rushed, angry, stupid things you do. They never solve the problems. Because in real life that rush of adrenaline and rage just makes you dumb and seeing red just leads you up the steps to court for something aggravated -- assault, battery, stupidity. Because getting angry doesn't help, or weeping or pleading or just fucking trying to be reasonable.''
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--> ''Because it's always a waste of time, all those rushed, angry, stupid things you do. They never solve the problems. Because in real life that rush of adrenaline and rage just makes you dumb and seeing red just leads you up the steps to court for something aggravated -- assault, battery, stupidity. Because getting angry doesn't help, or weeping or pleading or just fucking trying to be reasonable.''''
* Everything about Abigail's brother, Paul, who is dying a slow and progressively-debilitating death from cancer. And everything Abigail does to comfort him, knowing all the while that she'll never be able to master magic fast enough to save him even if it's possible.
* Everything about Abigail's brother, Paul, who is dying a slow and progressively-debilitating death from cancer. And everything Abigail does to comfort him, knowing all the while that she'll never be able to master magic fast enough to save him even if it's possible.
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** On a related note, the failed careers of their jazz-player boyfriends, most of whom died early needless deaths.
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** In ''Foxglove Summer'', when discussing retired wizard Hugh Oswald, Peter asks: "He survived Ettersberg?". Nightingale expands a little, later, but the first sentence of his reply is chilling: "He made it back to England.".
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* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at [[UnreliableNarrator ignoring his emotions]], even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.
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* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] Homes'' instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at [[UnreliableNarrator ignoring his emotions]], even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.
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* In ''Moon Over Soho'', the [[spoiler:suicide of the three sisters.]]
* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at [[spoiler: Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at [[UnreliableNarrator ignoring his emotions]], even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.
* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at [[spoiler: Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at [[UnreliableNarrator ignoring his emotions]], even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.
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* In ''Moon Over Soho'', the [[spoiler:suicide suicide of the three sisters.]]
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* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at[[spoiler: Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at [[UnreliableNarrator ignoring his emotions]], even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.
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** Nightingale's response to Peter asking what his friends and colleagues died for;
--> ''I don't know what they died for. I didn't know then and I still don't know now.''
--> ''I don't know what they died for. I didn't know then and I still don't know now.''
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* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at [[spoiler: Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at [[UnreliableNarrator ignoring his emotions]], even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.
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* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at [[spoiler: Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at [[UnreliableNarrator ignoring his emotions]], even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.point.
--> ''Because it's always a waste of time, all those rushed, angry, stupid things you do. They never solve the problems. Because in real life that rush of adrenaline and rage just makes you dumb and seeing red just leads you up the steps to court for something aggravated -- assault, battery, stupidity. Because getting angry doesn't help, or weeping or pleading or just fucking trying to be reasonable.''
--> ''Because it's always a waste of time, all those rushed, angry, stupid things you do. They never solve the problems. Because in real life that rush of adrenaline and rage just makes you dumb and seeing red just leads you up the steps to court for something aggravated -- assault, battery, stupidity. Because getting angry doesn't help, or weeping or pleading or just fucking trying to be reasonable.''
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* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at [[spoiler: Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at ignoring his emotions, even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.
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* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at [[spoiler: Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at [[UnreliableNarrator ignoring his emotions, emotions]], even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.
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* Just picturing Nightingale's SurvivorGuilt and depression after the war, that had him compulsively carving ''hundreds'' of names into the walls of his old school as [[DueToTheDead a memorial to his fallen friends and colleagues]], could break anyone's heart. And that's ''before'' he admits to Peter that doing so didn't really help him feel any better.
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* Just picturing Nightingale's SurvivorGuilt and depression after the war, that had him compulsively carving ''hundreds'' of names into the walls of his old school as [[DueToTheDead a memorial to his fallen friends and colleagues]], could break anyone's heart. And that's ''before'' he admits to Peter that doing so didn't really help him feel any better.better.
* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at [[spoiler: Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at ignoring his emotions, even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.
* In ''Foxglove Summer'', Beverley convincing Peter to release his anger at [[spoiler: Leslie betraying him for the Faceless Man in ''Broken Homes'']] instead of bottling it up inside. It starts with him half-heartedly bashing away at a tree with a branch, until Peter starts monologuing, and we learn a little later that he continued until he was reduced to a [[OverlyLongScream primal scream]] and didn't stop [[PercussiveTherapy until the branch broke]]. Given Peter is very good at ignoring his emotions, even the reader had no idea of the depth of his hurt until this point.
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* Just picturing Nightingale's SurvivorGuilt and depression after the war, that had him compulsively carving ''hundreds'' of names into the walls of his old school as [[DueToTheDead a memorial to his fallen friends and colleagues]], could break anyone's heart. And that's ''before'' he admits to Peter that doing so didn't really help him feel any better.
