It could also be a merger of Gideon and Harrow’s souls, but I don’t think that’s the case. Also as I’ve written before(and wrote after reading Gideon the Ninth but cant seem to find X| X| X| probably did it on Twitter their search function is CRAP >:( >:() I really don’t see Muir killing Gideon off. Instead, she sees a fading visitation by Alecto(did Alecto perhaps come back to her in those final moments and push her out of The River?), and then Camilla trying to save her life(and apparently succeeding). “ …if you die by drowning your whole life flashes before your eyes?”Īnd that doesn’t happen for Gideon. I feel like the last bits of Chapter 52 are clear that Gideon didn’t die even if she THINKS she did, if you read between the lines. I’m pretty sure it’s Gideon, but with amnesia from the trauma of being deep within, and somehow exiting, The River. Camilla(the one who looks after me), Corona(the one who works for me), and Judith(the one who teaches me), are taking care of Harrow’s body and whatever/whichever soul(s) are currently inside it. So we’ve got two bits: we’ve got three people taking care of an invulnerable amnesiac in a conflict-ridden city on a world with a carbon economy, and then we’ve got Harrow in the River. OK this one’s pretty short it’s just a breakdown of how I read the ending.
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