How's this gonna end?

 We've already had a discussion on who might/should die first, but with 3 chapters left there is still a lot to be resolved and not much time. With Lauren's discussion with Bankole there's some clarity about what the plan is for their future. He's got land, and Lauren is trying to get him to commit to Earthseed and there seems to be a compromise on starting on his land. Sure, this seems like a good plan for the future, but if there's anything that we've learned so far it is that nothing goes as planned. This probably is the least likely future to happen. It feels like someone is going to die, maybe Bankole since he has "value" to the group, so to speak, with his land. This story has been all about Lauren's loss, and subsequent enlightenment with Earthseed. It would be fitting if Bankole is the one to die. There just seems to be so much ground to cover for them and such little time. I know there's a sequel, but there has to be some sort of conclusion. 

Maybe they do reach Bankole's land and Lauren starts her Earthseed community. While I feel like it has to end with some sort of community for Earthseed to start, and progress into the sequel, this feels too simple and too easy of a way to end it. There has to be some twist. What that twist is? I have no clue. Maybe one of the members of the groups double-crosses them, maybe they run into more trouble as they continue north. Somehow there will be conclusion while still being s surprise as to how it ends.


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