Jonathan Stroud, I am in your fucking walls. Quill Kipps in The Empty Grave. Quill Kipps as a character. What if you were a child soldier elevated to child general and then immediately put out to pasture as soon as soon as you stopped being useful. But you find a way, right? You find a way to do what you can to help the crazy motherfuckers coming up after you so that the war can finally be fucking over. Oh god, let it be over. "Glad I was able to make a contribution. It's alright, Lucy. If it's going to happen, it's gotta be done right. Here, take my hand. Neither of us are staying here." Quill Kipps you are such a bitch. I'm on my hands and knees. Heartbreaking: Most Unpleasant Person Alive is Just Happy to Make a Contribution. He's literally only 22. He's watched children die. I'm passing away.
Mr. Stroud. I am coming for you.
