David is sensitive and intelligent, and he has the ability to read minds.
David can’t read just anyone’s mind, but he is part of a special group of individuals who are telepathic. They can communicate with each other through their minds over distances. This is very dangerous in David’s society, where great importance is placed on everyone being perfect and matching the “true image.”
Despite the fact that David has been raised with a strictly...
David is sensitive and intelligent, and he has the ability to read minds.
David can’t read just anyone’s mind, but he is part of a special group of individuals who are telepathic. They can communicate with each other through their minds over distances. This is very dangerous in David’s society, where great importance is placed on everyone being perfect and matching the “true image.”
Despite the fact that David has been raised with a strictly religious father, he is a kind soul. When he meets a little girl one day who has injured her foot, he helps her even after he realizes she has extra toes. Such a thing is condemned by his society. She would be considered a mutant.
The commandments and precepts one learns as a child can be remembered by rote, but they mean little until there is example … Thus, I was able to sit patiently and watch the hurt foot being washed, cold-poulticed, and bound up, and perceive no connexion between it and the affirmation which I had heard almost every Sunday of my life. (Ch. 1)
He continues his friendship with Sophie, protecting her even after they are seen. His father has to beat the secret out of him, and then he feels terrible for betraying her. Despite being young, David instinctively understands that demonizing people because they are a little different is wrong.
The love of David’s life is Rosalind. He says that he has loved her for as long as he can remember. Due to a family feud, their relationship is forbidden. Outside of the group of telepaths, their relationship is not widely known.
We used to meet, discreetly and not dangerously often. No one but the others, I think, ever suspected anything between us. We had to make love in a snatched, unhappy way when we did meet, wondering miserably whether there would ever be a time when we should not have to hide ourselves. (Ch. 10)
Eventually their secret is revealed, and all of the telepaths have to go on the run. David’s past and present seem to collide, but he still does his best to be kind to Sophie even though he loves Rosalind when he sees her in the Fringes. David and Rosalind are able to escape with the Sealanders.
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