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Questions for Jim 2012 style 2
ged28:
I was thinking about one of the questions the other day about the third favour owed to MBA and I'm pretty sure I can answer it using Jim Butchers Law. A favour wiped out by becoming the winter knight when he didn't negotiate it with Mab again would be benefit for Harry and would involve no pain later down the line. Therefore he still owes the third favour because it would cause lots of pain to Harry later.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: ged28 on October 10, 2012, 09:38:52 PM ---I was thinking about one of the questions the other day about the third favour owed to MBA and I'm pretty sure I can answer it using Jim Butchers Law. A favour wiped out by becoming the winter knight when he didn't negotiate it with Mab again would be benefit for Harry and would involve no pain later down the line. Therefore he still owes the third favour because it would cause lots of pain to Harry later.
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Regardless of whether it was wiped by the bargain I think it would be redundant at this point. Anything she could have asked him to do as a favor she can ask him to do as the WInter Knight, and then some. And she has no limit to them now.
GrandPanjandrum:
--- Quote from: Quantus on October 10, 2012, 10:48:08 PM --- Regardless of whether it was wiped by the bargain I think it would be redundant at this point. Anything she could have asked him to do as a favor she can ask him to do as the WInter Knight, and then some. And she has no limit to them now.
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Nah...not redundant, because you will recall there was an addendum attached to that third owed favor. Harry had the right to refuse. I would think that would eventually become important since that favor precedes his role as Winter Knight...or not.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: GrandPanjandrum on October 10, 2012, 11:30:55 PM ---Nah...not redundant, because you will recall there was an addendum attached to that third owed favor. Harry had the right to refuse. I would think that would eventually become important since that favor precedes his role as Winter Knight...or not.
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precisely. And as the knight she outright tell him what to do, so long as it doesnt directly harm his loved-ones. She gets infinite favors with fewer restrictions.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Quantus on October 10, 2012, 10:48:08 PM --- Regardless of whether it was wiped by the bargain I think it would be redundant at this point. Anything she could have asked him to do as a favor she can ask him to do as the WInter Knight, and then some. And she has no limit to them now.
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I suspect that Harry might at some point get out of the Knighthood only to find that favour still waiting to bite him in the behind.
Indeed, I am not entirely convinced that he's been careful enough to rule out getting past Knighthood and favours both and only then discovering that Mab actually counts those favours to pay off the three times he broke his word during SK and he still owes himself to Lea.
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