Themes From We're Alive

[Kc]

Now, this opens up a few more questions about the mallers and Angel's relationship to them (which you may be willing to answer, since they are within the knowledge of the characters).

I do remember now that Angel was trying to get Scratch to call the mallers off and she said something like she couldn't promise him anything. But she also made it clear that Pegs is dead no matter what Angel did for Scratch and Angel said flippantly that he was sure Pegs knew that (and by extension, he knew that). So what exactly would it look like for the mallers to have no beef with the Tower but still want to kill Pegs? Since the Tower would never just give her up willingly, the mallers would be forced to attack them regardless of any truce that was made, right? Or maybe it's that if the mallers did attack the Tower, the truce would mean they would take care not to kill anyone except for Pegs?

Angel was hoping for any truce or cease-fire they may have been able to give or even a "ok, so maybe you'll leave us alone now". He knew it could possibly soften their reaction. It was lucky/fortunate that Pegs would ask Angel to do this- but it only seemed to help Angel in the end. Well, sort of. Had he not been mortally injured, it might have ended different.

So my questions to you, KC, are how much did Angel know about The Family? Did he understand the Rules? Did he know not only was Scratch compelled to seek revenge, but also Durai (and thus the mallers as a whole, because he led them)? The idea of a truce seems farfetched with that kind of knowledge.

He knew a great deal, he grew up in that environment, he just went a different route. He knew that there could be fallout from any sort of "rules". But, then again in this new world, it would still be very uncertain if their old ways still held any merit. Durai felt they did, but Scratch didn't, as we saw later.

Also concerning the two maller attacks on the Tower am I right in thinking Attack #1 was under Durai's leadership and the goal was to establish a new safe place for the rest of the mallers (taken by force, if necessary)? And Attack #2, which destroyed the Tower, was all Scratch's decision in order to kill Pegs, with control of the Tower completely irrelevant? In fact, Durai may not have even known that Scratch was planning on returning to the Tower and he probably had no desire to ever go back there.

#1 attack was Durai trying to take it over. and #2 was all Scratch. You're correct, Durai had no intention on going back there. He knew when to let thing lie.