Talk:The Elementalists, Book 1 Choices/@comment-35316302-20190216013258/@comment-35316302-20190216032629

Who says it would be have to be a younger sister of one of your parents? Considering the photo is aged after all. She could have moved back home to live with mother after father died, or found it cheaper considering the current state of the non-attuned economy. However, she could still be a younger sibling maybe just a decade older than you. I currently work with 10-year-olds who have infant siblings. When they are 20 their sibling would be 10. If they have a child at 20, then when said child is 18 that child's aunt/uncle would only be 28. So, it's not that far out of the realm of possibilities.

But who is to say that Raife had to "kidnap" the girl in the locket? He could have targeted her and coerced her onto his side until she started questioning things. He then manipulated the situation when confronting the dean because why tell her that the girl left willingly? After all, can't you see him planning ahead so that even if she were to attempt a rescue, that the girl would just strike out against her herself? Could have been a follower for years, but when the dean started talking about this annoying Sun Att, that she told Raife and he took advantage of the situation believing this was the twin for which he was looking.

I actually kind of like the idea if both the situations I mentioned earlier were true... But cliff hangers like this bring out the writer in me. It's the curse I get for writing scripts and stories and performing in theatre for decades while also being a professional journalist before I gave up my career to be my now deceased father's caregiver.