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Aureli Orlik
Bevan Penn is Glenn and Regina Penn’s eight-year-old son. He goes missing from a Brisbane suburb, along with his parents. Bevan’s disappearance is traumatic for Eli, as he realizes how easily he and August could’ve ended up in Bevan’s place due to Mum and Lyle’s involvement in Tytus Broz’s drug empire. Eli and Caitlyn ultimately find Bevan alive in Tytus Broz’s underground bunker, holding a red telephone.
Bevan Penn Quotes in Boy Swallows Universe
The Boy Swallows Universe quotes below are all either spoken by Bevan Penn or refer to Bevan Penn. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Boy Conquers Moon
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“Bevan Penn,” I say. “They pixelated his face in all the photos but, I swear, Gus, he’s us. He’s you and me.”
“What do you mean, he’s you and me?”
“I mean, that coulda been us. I mean, his mum and dad look like Mum and Lyle looked when I was eight years old, you know. And I been thinkin’ how Slim used to talk about cycles and time and things always coming back around again.”
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“I know you’re just the voice in my head,” I say. “You’re a figment of my imagination. I use you to escape from moments of great trauma.”
“Escape?” the man echoes. “What, like Slim over the Boggo Road walls? Escape from yourself, Eli, do ya, like the Houdini of your own mind?”
“773 8173,” I say. “That’s just the number we’d tap into the calculator when we were kids. That’s just ‘Eli Bell’ upside down and back to front.”
“Brilliant!” the man says. “Upside down and back to front, like the universe, hey Eli? You still got the axe?”
“Yes.”
“Good,” the man says. “He’s coming, Eli.”
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Bevan Penn Quotes in Boy Swallows Universe
The Boy Swallows Universe quotes below are all either spoken by Bevan Penn or refer to Bevan Penn. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Boy Conquers Moon
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“Bevan Penn,” I say. “They pixelated his face in all the photos but, I swear, Gus, he’s us. He’s you and me.”
“What do you mean, he’s you and me?”
“I mean, that coulda been us. I mean, his mum and dad look like Mum and Lyle looked when I was eight years old, you know. And I been thinkin’ how Slim used to talk about cycles and time and things always coming back around again.”
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“I know you’re just the voice in my head,” I say. “You’re a figment of my imagination. I use you to escape from moments of great trauma.”
“Escape?” the man echoes. “What, like Slim over the Boggo Road walls? Escape from yourself, Eli, do ya, like the Houdini of your own mind?”
“773 8173,” I say. “That’s just the number we’d tap into the calculator when we were kids. That’s just ‘Eli Bell’ upside down and back to front.”
“Brilliant!” the man says. “Upside down and back to front, like the universe, hey Eli? You still got the axe?”
“Yes.”
“Good,” the man says. “He’s coming, Eli.”
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