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Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
Glorificus:
--- Quote from: Powderkegger on August 02, 2011, 10:35:32 PM ---I keep wondering about what Harry's standing with the Council is going to be when he returns. He was officially dead for months, his apprentice is an outlaw (though she's apparently not a top priority for the Wardens) and there's no way the Council doesn't/won't know about the Winter Knight gig. Harry Dresden- Outlaw Sorceror?
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I'm really looking forward to this too. Although if he goes to Edinburgh he should borrow Mouse from Butters to keep Mai off his back. Eb may be proud, Carlos may be annoyed Harry left Carlos to cover his territory - The Merlin will want to decapitate Harry and Mollie.
Quite a party!!
Warden John Marcone:
--- Quote from: Glorificus on August 03, 2011, 12:08:43 AM ---The Merlin will want to decapitate Harry and Mollie.
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He wouldn't dare. The Merlin may be many things, but he ain't stupid and the Council still needs the Ways through Winter. The Ramps may be gone, but everybody else has decided to take their place and the Council's at war again (can't remember who said it, my bro's got my copy at the moment). The Council doesn't dare do anything to jeopardize their access to the Ways.
The Guardian:
Kinkaid is a master assassin; so, WHY didn't he shoot Harry in the head?
Warden John Marcone:
--- Quote from: The Guardian on August 03, 2011, 02:13:45 AM ---Kinkaid is a master assassin; so, WHY didn't he shoot Harry in the head?
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It's in the script!
Actually, Kincaid's a professional assassin, and unless the shot's dead-certain (like an unchanging fall trajectory) professionals are trained to go for the body shot. There was too much chance Harry would have moved his head or stepped one way or another at JUST the wrong instant. Safer to go for the body shot.
My 2¢
xakko:
--- Quote from: Warden John Marcone on August 03, 2011, 12:49:47 AM ---He wouldn't dare. The Merlin may be many things, but he ain't stupid and the Council still needs the Ways through Winter. The Ramps may be gone, but everybody else has decided to take their place and the Council's at war again (can't remember who said it, my bro's got my copy at the moment). The Council doesn't dare do anything to jeopardize their access to the Ways.
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the Merlin might not actively seek the death of Molly and Harry for political reasons, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't want them dead.
so, to throw a monkey wrench into the discussion - I just finished my re-read of White Night, and the whole thing with Molly in the book is that she thought of her power as the first and best solution to any situation. In Ghost Story, it really looks like her first instinct to the power vacuum was to use her power, often to cause the death of others. I don't know that she had any options, though, and she seemed to use illusions and not mind control. But she definitely used her power to dance along the edges of the first law, and there would seem to be a reckoning for that.
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