Chapter 6

Miss Peregrine tries to answer as many of Jacob's questions as she can. She explains the difference between coerlfolc, or common people, and the hidden syndrigast, or peculiar spirit. There are peculiars all over the world, but they must live in hiding, since common people often believe them to be dangerous witches, ghosts, or shapeshifters. A special kind of peculiar, a bird shapeshifter called an ymbryne has the ability to manipulate time—Miss Peregrine is one of these. Ymbrynes set up isolated enclaves as safe places for peculiar children, creating temporal loops where time remains on one day so that peculiar folk can live indefinitely. Jacob remembers his grandfather's words: "Find the bird, in the loop."