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Ragni Gibson is a boy who lives in the Waitiki Valley and is a member of the Boys’ Choir along with Tek and Brauser. A member of the Moa Indigenous people, Ragni was orphaned and grew up in a home for boys prior to his adoption by Digger Gibson, who is the cemetery warden and a descendant of the settler colonialist Inland Pirates. Ragni kept a cinnamon bear as a pet when he was young, but the authorities put it down on the day that Digger adopted Ragni. The two buried it together but Digger never marked the spot, so as a teenager, Ragni can often be found digging holes in the woods, looking for it. Since the day his beloved bear died, Ragni has chosen not to speak to anyone. This is a source of consternation to Franz Josef, the choir director, who tries to force song from Ragni’s mouth physically, by shoving on his diaphragm. Ragni appears excited by the chance to get lost—and possibly end his life—on the glacier after the backup pilot crashes the plane, so he does what he can to prevent rescuers finding him and Tek.
Ragni Gibson Quotes in St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
The St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves quotes below are all either spoken by Ragni Gibson or refer to Ragni Gibson . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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9. Accident Brief, Occurrence # 00/422 Quotes
Your father left us because he was in a bad way, my mother used to tell me.
Tek’s father left us because he is a bad man, she tells everybody now. She says it again and again. She’s snowing down a new past for Mr. Oamaru, a tough rock of ice in a sea of time. Tek’s father is a bad, bad man. It was hard enough to lose my father the first time. Now I can’t even hold on to my memory of him as a basically good person. Mr. Oamaru has taught me that loss isn’t just limited to the present; it can happen in any direction. Even what’s done and vanished can be taken from you, too. Other, earlier memories that we made of my father sink and revert to water. The past shifts its crystals inside me.
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Ragni Gibson Character Timeline in St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
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9. Accident Brief, Occurrence # 00/422
...Oamaru, his strict, religious, and conservative stepfather. Mr. Oamaru wants Tek to befriend and encourage Ragni Gibson, another boy in the Waitiki Valley Boys’ Choir. Tek doesn’t like the idea. Ragni...
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...longs for his voice to change so he can quit the choir. He wonders if Ragni’s voice has already changed. No one would know, because Ragni has been selectively mute for...
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When Tek climbs out of Mr. Oamaru’s car, Franz Josef is pressing on Ragni’s diaphragm and trying to encourage him to sing a scale. Franz Josef stops when Brauser—a...
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...get buried by an avalanche), Franz Josef realizes they’re one plane short. He asks Tek, Ragni, and Brauser to wait for a backup pilot to arrive. When he does, he’s forgotten...
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...Brauser, seriously injured, lies motionless on the snow, his shocked eyes turned toward the sky. Ragni looks on in silence. Tek doesn’t know where they are. They’re nowhere near the choir...
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Tek turns back toward Brauser, who’s clearly in shock, and Ragni, who sits silently on the snow. Their transponders beep at five-second intervals. Tek brushes snow...
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Ragni wanders off and Tek follows him. Only Brauser is at the crash site when the...
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...his transponder, but his hand closes around a fistful of stolen Moa treasure. He and Ragni have found the Inland Pirates’ trove. Tek hands Ragni some shiny coins. If they ever...
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Tek is determined to survive, even as Ragni seems ready to give himself over to death—he’s now lying quietly in the snow. Tek...
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