Semi-spoilers for N!obE, but not super spoilery^^
So when Janner is in the coffin the second time, he is in it for three days without food or water. Except he also has an apple with him, so that's something. But not much, since they have about 95 calories. I'm also wondering how he was able to talk afterward without feeling like someone had shoved a towel in his mouth, but that's not the point.
Anyway, he eats said apple and leaves the core. He just lets it sit there on the floor of the coffin. Mobrik finds it after he gets out.
Time for the main point of this: would someone please explain to me why is AERWIAR he wouldn't eat the apple core?! Like, seriously, when you have nothing or eat or drink and you're stuck in the dark for three days and in pain from being whipped, you don't leave the apple core behind! You eat it and the seeds (which are very good for you) and everything except the wooden bits! You don't leave some of the flesh attached to the core!!!
Okay, my rant is over now 😅😄😂
ooooh... plot hole?
It happened differently in the show, but at least they did kind of address this there. It looked like he was trying to make it last as long as he could, and forced himself to look at the core without eating the rest of it. Mobrik came back for him before he had finished it.
Maybe in the book, "core" really meant stem and a couple of seeds? Except that Mobrik was nibbling away at the last bits of apple on the core... maybe he's like a dog that keeps licking the floor long after whatever treat fell on the floor is gone?
This is the first time I've thought of this-
Yes, it seems very unrealistic. Like, JANNER, EAT THE APPLE CORE!! I read a few books where a main character only had an apple and they always ate the core. It could be possible he dropped it, I'm just wondering why he didn't claw for it.
I'm honestly really surprised he was able to yell for Sara after that.
Maybe Mobrik let him have a drink of water after letting him out?
I've heard that apple seeds are poisonous.
How did Janner survive that many days without water?
I have wondered the same thing!! HE WASTED FRUIT!!!!! My only guess is that he accidently dropped it and wasn't able to reach it since the box was too small. It's the only excuse I can come up with.
I didn't think you could eat the core.....
Yeah, that does seem kind of unrealistic.
Good point. Maybe he lost it in the darkness of the box? Seems unlikely tho...
I agree!!! There should not have been one trace of apple left in that box!!!
Maybe in the show they'll have a canteen of water available for the kids as soon as the coffin opens. They need it!
Don't the seeds contain cyanide?
That's a good point. It seems kinda unrealistic when you think about it.
Maybe he dropped it.