Yes, I mean that the Generous Ones wouldn't really know about Darla's sacrifice, which indicates that the power extracting a life every seven years are not the Generous Ones, but it is something in the Lands Beyond, i.e. Death.

The Generous Ones seem to be mere agents, and are also helping keeping the entrances to the Lands Below sealed to keep the giant bunnies, the deer women and the water panthers out of the Lands On The Surface (how's that for a name?).

Or do you have another theory, which you will develop in the next book?

Also, re: Benjamin Rash: does that mean that there really is no such thing as ghost sickness? How about jibay sickness?

--Geneva