Why are Lara's eyes blue in 12 Months?

[semisapient_pearwood]

I was just rereading White Night, and I recently reread Blood Rites. Lara's eyes were grey (dark grey normally, fading to silver when her Hunger was in control). Is there some missing explanation for why they are described as blue in 12 Months?

[Mira]

I was just rereading White Night, and I recently reread Blood Rites. Lara's eyes were grey (dark grey normally, fading to silver when her Hunger was in control). Is there some missing explanation for why they are described as blue in 12 Months?
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 I never really thought about what her eyes were normally, just that they became silver if she was hungry.  Maybe they became intensely blue after the Hunger gorged on magical life essence?

[g33k]

I was just rereading White Night, and I recently reread Blood Rites. Lara's eyes were grey (dark grey normally, fading to silver when her Hunger was in control). Is there some missing explanation for why they are described as blue in 12 Months?

Yeah, I think the grey-to-silver tones are signs of her Hunger.
I think blue is the natural (purely-human) color of her eyes, when the Hunger is entirely quiescent.

[semisapient_pearwood]

Just not sure I buy that she's been Hungry every time her eyes are described as grey, especially when they're described as getting silvery when she is shown to be getting Hungry.

[Mira]

Just not sure I buy that she's been Hungry every time her eyes are described as grey, especially when they're described as getting silvery when she is shown to be getting Hungry.

  I agree, grey and silver seem the same but they are not.

[g33k]

Just not sure I buy that she's been Hungry every time her eyes are described as grey, especially when they're described as getting silvery when she is shown to be getting Hungry.

I theorize that Lara cultivates a lowkey Hunger continuously; that she *intentionally* under-Feeds, and if she ever really indulges, then she avoids going out in public for a day or two, until her Hunger begins to stir again.

Being Hungry makes her sharper, more-alert, more-dangerous.
Being Hungry makes her sexier, more physical, more powerful.