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 8. Children in Lucia Mar's head since book 5; in book 8 Azra and Yaz speaking at a finish line — 'It’s so cold' — an Andorran girl's drawing on a float, and a girl of five holding Lucia's leg into the stairwell.
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carl's unspoken theory about Lucia, shared by Florin and Orren | B8 ch. 51 | open — 'I was starting to form a theory, but I didn’t want to say it out loud'; 'we really need her to take a deal.' Lucia refuses (B8 ch. 79); a girl of five holds her leg into the stairwell (B8 ch. 98). |
All threads: Open threads.
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).
Through book 8
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 |
| 8 — A Parade of Horribles | 3/99 | Ch. 49, Ch. 51, Ch. 52 · 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).