I'm beginning to suspect that every single Paul scene is just there to stall before the end of the book. Becuase clearly the Ragwitchis the source of conflict, and it's clear that eventually Paul is gonna get there and have to deal with her to save Julia, so clearly all these beefy pages are mostly there to prolong the time until Paul gets to Julia.
Case in point--Paul is finally on the road, headed towards the plot when out of the blue this guy in a hot air balloon starts yelling at him about a hare. Eventually lands, and turns out he's another secondary character here to steal the show so Paul doesn't fail worse. And despite the grumpy, disorganized head-in-the-clouds-endearing aeronaut trope beign heavy-handedly waved about, I still like Quigin a great deal more than Paul. Welcome to the team, Q.
But it's clear that those two seconds of actual plot are gone until next time. Sigh.
Anyway, Q is interesting, he's a "friend of beasts" and he's looking for his hare who lef the balloon to have lunch and this other guy has ltos of animals, etc. etc. and I'm excited to learn more. My onyl big beef with Q is that he's dangerously close to beinga total Lee Scoresby rip-off, and no one messes wit Lee Scoresby, because Lee Scoresby is perfect. So watch out, Q.
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