Motif · from book 5
Lucia's voices
Points, a bridge, a papa, a youth assistant nobody else can see — and, at the party, a ten-year-old Dutch girl named Jill who knew the prime minister, in Lucia Mar's head with other children: 'There are multiple people in there. Real people, mostly kids.' Something to do with the dog and a man named Alexandro, Florin says, and he believes the dog can still control her from afar in short bursts. 'You guys said there were no children crawlers allowed.' 'It's complicated, Carl.'
First appears: Book 5
Series arc
As of book 7. Children in Lucia Mar's head since book 5, a name a Residual takes in book 6; in book 7 they speak: Diah, when the dogs wander off; Alexandro, when they are near; the dark and the cold, a river through their room that hurts to touch, turns taken. Zev: 120,000 in one wing of the kinder facility, and if she goes they all go.
Through book 5
Through book 6
In the epilogue the name Alexandro turns up elsewhere: Parvati, Agatha's friend and fellow agent, number 21, takes it at Mumbai — 'My name is no longer Parvati. I am now Alexandro' (B6 ch. 73).
Through book 7
Florin thinks a bunch of kids are trapped in her head (B7 ch. 72). Diah: Lucia is with Alexandro, who comes when the dogs are close; the rest are in the dark and the cold with a river through their room, and they take turns (B7 ch. 72). Zev: 120,000 children in one wing of the kinder facility, and if she goes they all go (B7 ch. 73). Jurgen's Heidi among them (B7 ch. 78). 'Now the Eulogist has another ally in the dungeon' (B7 ch. 72).
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 2/78 | Ch. 37, Ch. 71 · the book's own page |
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 1/74 | Ch. 73 · the book's own page |
| 7 — This Inevitable Ruin | 3/89 | Ch. 68, Ch. 72, Ch. 73 · the book's own page |
By book
Lucia's voices in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
Points, a bridge, a papa, and a youth assistant named Alexandro whom the show cuts from the broadcast (ch. 37). Florin, at the party: there are multiple people in her, real people, mostly kids — a ten-year-old Dutch girl named Jill who knew the prime minister — and something to do with the dog and a man named Alexandro; the dog controls her from afar in short bursts, so it is the dog they must get (ch. 71).
Lucia's voices in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
In the epilogue the name Alexandro turns up elsewhere: Parvati, Agatha's friend and fellow agent, number 21, takes it at Mumbai — 'My name is no longer Parvati. I am now Alexandro' (epilogue).
Lucia's voices in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin
Florin thinks a bunch of kids are trapped in her head (ch. 72). Diah: Lucia is with Alexandro, who comes when the dogs are close; the rest are in the dark and the cold with a river through their room, and they take turns (ch. 72). Zev: 120,000 children in one wing of the kinder facility, and if she goes they all go (ch. 73). Jurgen's Heidi among them (ch. 78). 'Now the Eulogist has another ally in the dungeon' (ch. 72).