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RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE

AND THEN

and it's not like there's anything to be DONE about it, because everyone did act like an adult and they did the ONLY THING THEY COULD DO.

And haha, yes! You're like "well, she's writing this character with Endearing Quirks, he's a bit of an outsider so you feel like you're on his side, makes sense," and then EVERYTHING SHE HAS DONE is in fact designed specifically to make you feel like Rowan realizing that the clues were perfectly clear and were saying THE OPPOSITE of what you thought.

And the clues are all there for the rest of it too, and you think, "ah, Rowan, if only you knew about terraforming," feeling all smug and superior because you have it figured out, and then it STILL punches you in the gut.