The Falodun women are fiercely protective, but also sensitive. How do you see them showing up for each other (or sometimes failing to do so) throughout the story? How about their uncle Tolu?
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I think they love one another deeply but don’t always know how to love safely. They protect one another by warning, and watching closely. They feel each other’s pain, even when they don’t know how to respond.
When they fail It is usually through their silence or being overprotective. More from fear of being responsible for harm if they choose wrong.
Uncle Tolu is more practical and less driven by superstition, yet he doesn’t fully intervene.
Although they may not always show their love for each other in the most traditional of ways, it’s still there, hidden under the worry, the protectiveness, the brutal cold truth. Uncle Tolu is barely there but even when he is, you can still feel his love but more from a distance.
And Tolu also has maintains a more traditional male role in the family. He does come through in the end.
Fiercely protective in this story translates to not being open and honest which may be a cultural thing. I’m remembering the scene at the beach when I threatens to walk into the water unless E tells her why she can’t see Z anymore. Why not tell the truth?