Find the girl and the boy. Waste no more time.You must play the serpent.
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In Philip Pullman's "The Subtle Knife," the narrative emphasizes urgency in the quest for two pivotal characters, a girl and a boy. The instruction to "waste no more time" suggests that their roles are critical to the unfolding events, and the reader is drawn into a sense of immediacy surrounding their search.
The phrase "You must play the serpent" hints at the themes of cunning and the complexity of choices that...
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