His Dark Mother

[lupinesque]

Catherine wrote:

> Her 
> Daemon always scared me - very sinister, enigmatic and ruthless - a 
> mirror of Mrs Coulter perhaps, but to me more so.  I could never 
> figure out why until I realised - you never, ever hear him speak.

I never realized that!  I did notice another thing, though:  you 
never learn his name.

The pulling wings off living bats didn't add to his charms.

Amy