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Unsolved Mysteries Version II
TheCuriousFan:
--- Quote --- so she's not the supernatural parent who would make Harry "just as human" as Kincaid.
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Wasn't Kincaid also insisting that he was a vanilla human in that scene?
Arjan:
--- Quote from: TheCuriousFan on December 15, 2011, 03:32:33 AM ---Wasn't Kincaid also insisting that he was a vanilla human in that scene?
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He was just protecting his secrets and telling nothing without lying. You can interpret his words in several ways and that is exactly what he wants.
Lying to a wizard is not wise because he may have ways to check the truth of statements like Lucio did in dead beat. Not only Sidhe talk that way it is just smart to avoid lies when talking to supernaturals.
Kincaid may not consider a powerful wizard as really/completely human or he may consider himself human. He has a human parent and can breed with humans so biologically he is a human. What is and what is not human in the dresdenverse is not allways clear and open to multiple interpretations. He did not say he was a vanilla mortal. Harry isn't a vanilla human either.
Arjan:
He also just had some fun with Harry. He likes teasing Harry and he has a certain sense of humor.
TheCuriousFan:
--- Quote ---He did not say he was a vanilla mortal.
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From Blood Rites, pages 94-95:
--- Quote ---"Just plain folk?"
"Yeah"
"Not supernatural?"
"I wish, Vanilla mortal."
"You're a liar."
"Excuse me?"
"I said you're a liar. I saw you during the fight at Wrigley, Kincaid. You fired a dozen shots, on the move and dodging bad guys the whole time."
"What's so supernatural about that?"
"In a fight, just plain folks miss sometimes. Maybe most times. You didn't miss once."
"What's the point of shooting if you're just going to miss? I'm as human as you are, Dresden. I'll see you later."
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You were saying?
Arjan:
--- Quote from: TheCuriousFan on December 17, 2011, 12:32:28 PM ---From Blood Rites, pages 94-95:
You were saying?
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Thanks for the quote. I should have done so.
He is clearly not under a fairy like truth compulsion. Reading this it feels like a very human reaction. It is like asking Ramirez about his sex life.
Some questions are very personal. Asking a half human entity what he is is like asking him how he regards himself. He may have wrestled with the question in the past. He may even be lying to himself. And anyway it is none of your bussiness and you should just not ask a question like that.
Don't ask. Don't tell. And if you do ask you can expect a lie.
In a normal human sense it may not even be a lie. If they both know it is not true and know the other knows (and so on) it stops being a lie and is just a way of telling the other not to ask questions.
Of course Harry ignores this.
In reaction Kinkaid does not even try to be convincing. He just makes fun of Harry.
Compare with how Harry in small favor reacted when Sonya wanted to know what Gard was.
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