Phee wrote:Wendy: “A few weeks ago, right about the time you got here, this Shadow came to the window.” Don’t think it was ever mentioned how long it’s been in London. All the boys in NL may not be from London, or even all from our world, if PP has only had a pic to go on and no other specifics
Thanks! I wonder if the Shadow couldn’t get to our world until someone came through and “opened” the doorway. So the kids in NL thus far are only from other worlds.
That’s what I’m guessing. I’m assuming PP is looking for a boy in a world without magic who is the child of parents from a magical land. Hence, he investigates every time a boy crosses from a magical to a non-magical world. Of course, there must be something in addition to that that makes Henry special; perhaps it is the fact that he was actually born in a world without magic or perhaps it’s something else.
I also wonder if the shadow may contain a person’s dark side. Ripping the shadow from his enemies leaves them too meek and passive to take any action against him, but concentrating all that darkness eventually makes him increasingly evil (perhaps with a connection to the original Dark One?). Maybe Henry contains enough goodness in his heart to counter the darkness of all those shadows.