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Uriel's Second "Small Favor"

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Froklsnt:

--- Quote from: Mr. Death on September 28, 2017, 06:35:24 PM ---Uriel explicitly says the other archangel, Lucifer, invested his strength "in this situation."

Letting Harry hold onto the Swords is not an investment of power, overt or otherwise.

It's exceedingly clear what two actions Uriel is referring to in that passage. Why are we muddying the waters here?

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I posted this topic because there are four actions here, and Uriel's quote only covers three of them. The first two actions are unambiguous:


* Lucifer empowers the Greater Circle at Marcone's Safehouse ==> Uriel Gifts Harry Soulfire
The third action is also very clear, but the response isn't:


* Lucifer empowers the Greater Circle at Shedd Aquarium ==> Uriel does ??
The second circle cannot be pooled in with the first action/balancing action because the gift of soulfire happened before the second circle, and Heaven is a major rules-lawyer about responding to an action, not preempting it. The question at hand is how the scales were balanced for that second action by Lucifer

jonas:

--- Quote from: Froklsnt on September 28, 2017, 07:00:10 PM ---That's a fun idea, but I'm not sure the timing works. Harry comments that setting up the containment circle they used on Ivy was no simple thing. It took careful planning. For that to be the second favor, they would need to make that decision after they left the aquarium. Doesn't seem like enough time to set that up.

Saving Michael, like Snark Knight suggested, seems possible, but it doesn't really seem commensurate to me with the amount of power in the greater circle.

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Depends upon the future actions of Michael to really measure that though.

Rhetoric:
We have no reason to assume Uriel was behind both acts in response to the two circles, especially since we don't know what the second act even was.

kazimmoinuddin:
I wonder if Uriel expected something like Bonnie to occur. It is believed that she not only has all her father knowledge, but a good portion of lashiel/lash knowledge. So a wizard capable of soul fire and a spirit of intellect that is sort of a nephlim filled with angelic lore would have epic concequences for the future.

Brightbane:
Lucí gave the Denarians access to his power (they used it to super charge 2 pentagram). Uriel have Harry access to his own soul, which he can use whenever. Just like Lucifer doesn't get a new chance to exert his power every time Harry uses soul fire, Uriel doesn't get a reaction every time they use the pentagram. I feel like this is pretty straight forward

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