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However, the poison is not only of the physical sort: Jade Fox ’ s tutelage of Jen has left Jen spiritually poisoned, which can be seen in the lying, stealing and betrayal Jen commits.

Even though she is the one who initially trained Jen, Jen is never seen to use poison herself.

This indicates that there is hope yet to reform her and integrate her into society.

In further play on this theme by the director, Jade Fox, as she dies, refers to the poison from a young child, " the deceit of an eight year old girl ", obviously referring to what she considers her own spiritual poisoning by her young apprentice Jen.