Isn't it strange how deeply animals affect (the most of) us? Throughout the books, I was so delighted every time when Oy was mentioned. Especially that eye-winking and 'Oy! Eld! 'ankee!', ahhhnn. I almost kicked my friend when I asked him to guess my favourite character from DT, and he said Roland and someone else. Roland and Oy, I replied. He said 'Oh, but I didn't recognize him as a character, so I left him out'. What, Oy isn't a character?? He most definitely IS. Isn't he?
I have to admit the first time I cried while reading the books, was in the last book, when
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ka-shume was approaching, and they drank water together - and Oy licked Roland's cheek
. More crying came afterwards, of course.. But somehow it was just so moving.
And of course I found out that my cat, Sirius, resembles Oy a lot, with his stripes and golden-rimmed eyes. He doesn't talk, but we understand each other quite well - he's too smart for his own good, anyway. You wouldn't believe all those things he's done, proving how intelligent he is
I just wonder how we often feel so strongly for animals. I quite can't grasp the thought, but mayhap it has something to do with the pureness and innocence of them, ya ken? As many of you have already said, Oy was the purest member of Roland's ka-tet, sacrifing everything for the sake of love. No, I'm not going to weep again.. =P (I still remember the books too well, finished reading just a month ago - reading them for the very first time, that is!)
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