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* [[Green Eyes]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Reckless, impulsive, and short-tempered, it's hard to imagine that he thought ''he'' was the most mature kid in his village.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Matteo is some kind of unusual [[Deconstruction|deconstruction]] of one of these. He's actually pretty smart--when he has time to think and plan, it almost always works out exactly as he wants it to--but when there's a reason to make a snap decision, his better judgment flies straight out the window. In one such instance, he winds up as one big walking first degree burn. And ''deaf-mute''. He is constantly defying Lieutenant Luo, too, even though he knows he shouldn't.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Kalid, Eliza, Jeremiah, and Marunde all call him Teo. Though the narration consistently refers to him as "Matteo," the only time he uses his own name, he shortens it to Teo as well.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Kid Hero]]
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: He somehow manages to blend an unflinching knowledge of the cruel world around him with a relentless belief that [[Wide -Eyed Idealist|the world can and will change]].
* [[Mouthy Kid]]
* [[Naive Newcomer]]
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* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: Not until later, though.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: With Eliza. An inversion: Ruth, the machete-wielding [[Sweet Polly Oliver]], is the girly girl to Eliza's tomboy.
* [[True Beauty Is Onon the Inside]]
 
== Asher ==
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* [[Foil]]: To Matteo.
* [[Freudian Trio]]: With Matteo and Ruth. Asher is [[The Superego]].
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Like an Old Married Couple]]: With Eliza.
* [[No Sense of Humor]]
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* [[Dreadlock Rasta]]
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]
* [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]: A misnomer at that. When he's actually awake, he's fairly helpful, if inane.
* [[Running Gag]]: Mistaking everyone for his mother, or asking for her as soon as he wakes up. [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|Sadder in hindsight.]]
* [[Sleepyhead]]
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{{quote| ''"How long have you been a soldier?" Matteo asked quietly.''<br />
''"Three years. I'm thirteen. I've always been kind of burly, so I guess they figured...I don't know, that I'd make for a better boy than a girl."'' }}
* [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]: Subverted. The reader is led to believe this, but Jade turns out to be her real name.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: The tomboy to Nyumba's girly girl.
** Unless Nyumba is a boy, in which case they qualify for [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]].
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* [[Man Child]]: Matteo actually calls him a "damn overgrown child" at one point.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Panga" is both a species of fish and a local nickname for a machete. Like the fish, Panga is clumsy and ridiculous. [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|In combat, he's deadly.]]
* [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]: His real name is unknown. Panga is his nickname.
* [[Papa Wolf]]
* [[Team Dad]]
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