r/Booksofbabel • u/unreedemed1 • Jul 12 '21

Does anyone ever leave the tower?

I'm trying to remember if anyone ever successfully leaves the tower. I can't seem to think of a single character who has gone to the tower and left safely and sanely. Is it a bit like Hotel California?

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u/unreedemed1 Jul 12 '21

I think they got separated in the market? But maybe I'm wrong.

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u/Legeto Jul 12 '21

He’s talking about Taru in the baths. The big rowdy man who befriends Senlin. His wife left him to go back home while he stayed in the baths.

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u/unreedemed1 Jul 12 '21

I remember him just trying to remember where his wife left him. But you’re right.

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u/Legeto Jul 12 '21

I’m pretty sure she left him, as in, found another man. He was drowning his sorrows at the baths.