Disclaimer: I don't own Bartimaeus Trilogy in any way whatsoever. It's that simple.
Another disclaimer: I don't really ship Nat/Piper, I'm Nat/Kitty all the way. :p
Yes, the story here leans towards Nat/Piper, however it implicates Nat/Kitty too. (I couldn't help it.)
Why the hell are you so dejected, Ms. Kitty Jones? I mean, it was awful how the demons slaughtered so many innocent commoners and took control of the minds of the great magicians, it really was.
But in you're perspective, it could have been worse. None of us like to think what would have happened if Nouda had won. Besides, I don't even think you give a damn about the part of what happened to the magicians. You abhored them. They were creatures corrupted with power and riches, in you're opinion.
Well, maybe you're right. All of them were sick megalomanics, including Mister Mandrake.
And yes, he was just as bad as the rest, but he was just so much more as well. I don't know how to explain this, really. You'll just have to trust me on this one. Not that you don't know or care to the full extent of him as I did or still do.
You mention Nathaniel again. Yes, Nathaniel, the birthname Mister Mandrake had told you when he thought he was going to die.
And then it hits me, were you in love with him? You probably didn't know him very much, though.
Wait, why did he tell you his birthname anyway? Why would he open up and bother to tell you? In this world, that would be a very dangerous move.
I open my mouth to ask you about him, but why bother? He's dead. We'll never see him again. Besides, that's not a question you ask someone you haven't even known for a week.
Besides, my speculations are probably just utter rubbish.
We talk for a while, you looking the same as I feel.
I just hope we aren't thinking of the same thing, or someone rather.