*minor spoiler* Like the character of Boc, who comes from a brutal society of monkey-like beings and is violently expelled because (it's implied) he's male and wants to follow his mother's profession of seamstress.
*minor spoiler* Like the character of Boc, who comes from a brutal society of monkey-like beings and is violently expelled because (it's implied) he's male and wants to follow his mother's profession of seamstress.
*bigger spoiler* The fact that if you help him fulfill his wish of being "reborn" as a beautiful human it dooms him horribly and the only way to truly help him is to ignore his self-loathing wish and find and hand him an item that says "You're beautiful" every time it's used is pure Martin.
And yes, I'm not ashamed to admit that whole storyline made me tear up a bit.