You are absolutely right, the CyFi stuff was completely mind-blowing. I found it amazing that his 1/8 Unwind brain could actually control him at times, if Cy wasn't watching out. For example, in the Christmas store when CyFi gets a sort of maniacal urge to steal something, and is no longer himself. He doesn't have his "old-umber" accent and keeps talking about his mother. When he steals the bauble, I think I actually gasped, because this lightbulb went over my head, like "CyFi has an Unwind's brain!"
"The woman turns to look across the store, and the moment she does, Cy picks a dangling gold bauble from a glittering tree and slip it in his coat pocket." (132)
Shusterman has this amazing talent of keeping readers on the edges of their seats, with new surprises and little Unwind-unveilings at every turn. It's completely captivating to think of what it would be like to have someone else in your head, someone else's wheels turning when you see something that would otherwise have no connection to you.
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