Fire and Water

Fire and water are common motifs in the series.

Fire

Morning Glories #22

• The Truants' classroom is set on fire during detention.
• Both Ike and Jade Ellsworth have a history of arson.
• The fires burning in The Cave
• Hisao is rescued by Abraham from his burning house.
• Abraham mentions that the tornado, one of his favorite rides on Coney Island when he was young, had to be torn down due to a series of small fires.
• Abraham's Camp is burnt down by Georgina Daramount.
• Casey and Hunter are studying the great fire of Rome.
• Casey declares she wants to burn "this goddamn place" to the ground.  Lara Hodge repeats this to Casey, and tells her she wants to help.
• When Dr. Ellsworth relates Descartes' dreams to Hunter, the "little lights" are described as "sparks of fire"
• The hallway outside Vanessa's cell is lined with torches.
• Jade Ellsworth sets fire to a cornfield after her mother's funeral.
• Jun Fukayama promises to "take what [The Academy] love and [...] burn it to the ground".

Water

Morning Glories #2

• The Glories' classroom is flooded during detention.
• The statue in The Tower is Enki, a Sumerian water god.
• Shortly after the Truants change the students' place in time during Woodrun, it starts raining heavily.
• Tamara is the name of a Celtic goddess of rivers and streams.
• Tom Reed shares the name of an aquatic plant.
• Ms. Clarkson spills a bottle of water at a parent teacher interview.