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Rashid, demonreach, what the heck?

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toodeep:
When Rashid learns Harry is bound to Demonreach in Turn Coat he then offers Harry two pieces of advice 1. don't touch the power from the well, and 2. someone must die as the guilty party.  Why the heck doesn't he say, "Oh, and point 3, if you tell demonreach to capture just about anyone or anything on this island, it will--- easily.  Wouldn't that have lead to the capture at the very least the naagloshii and possibly a black council member?

I mean, Rashid knows a lot about the island, he knows Harry is going to have to learn more about it eventually.  Why not when it might have been useful?  I mean, if Harry had had just that one piece of knowledge that entire book would have ended very differently...

Kindler:

--- Quote from: toodeep on November 13, 2017, 07:33:36 PM ---When Rashid learns Harry is bound to Demonreach in Turn Coat he then offers Harry two pieces of advice 1. don't touch the power from the well, and 2. someone must die as the guilty party.  Why the heck doesn't he say, "Oh, and point 3, if you tell demonreach to capture just about anyone or anything on this island, it will--- easily.  Wouldn't that have lead to the capture at the very least the naagloshii and possibly a black council member?

I mean, Rashid knows a lot about the island, he knows Harry is going to have to learn more about it eventually.  Why not when it might have been useful?  I mean, if Harry had had just that one piece of knowledge that entire book would have ended very differently...

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Because time travel.

But seriously, I don't think there's a good answer in the text. Ebenezer's journal says something to the effect of "The boy will have to figure this out on his own," which isn't precisely a good idea. Eb should've sat Harry down and told him that there were a ton of responsibilities he'd inadvertently taken on. It would've been a very mentor-ish thing to do.

Cozarkian:

--- Quote from: toodeep on November 13, 2017, 07:33:36 PM ---When Rashid learns Harry is bound to Demonreach in Turn Coat he then offers Harry two pieces of advice 1. don't touch the power from the well, and 2. someone must die as the guilty party.  Why the heck doesn't he say, "Oh, and point 3, if you tell demonreach to capture just about anyone or anything on this island, it will--- easily.  Wouldn't that have lead to the capture at the very least the naagloshii and possibly a black council member?

I mean, Rashid knows a lot about the island, he knows Harry is going to have to learn more about it eventually.  Why not when it might have been useful?  I mean, if Harry had had just that one piece of knowledge that entire book would have ended very differently...

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Because Rashid didn't know about the Naagloshii, capturing the mortals would have been an abuse of the island's power, and it might have been dangerous for Harry to learn too much too quickly about the island, especially when he had other more immediate concerns on which to focus.

forumghost:
Also I don't think that Demonreach was properly "awake" yet. It probably didn't have all it's functions up and running until around it's talk with Harry in CD.

Rasins:

--- Quote from: forumghost on November 13, 2017, 09:02:19 PM ---Also I don't think that Demonreach was properly "awake" yet. It probably didn't have all it's functions up and running until around it's talk with Harry in CD.

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I like this.

But as to why Rashid didn't just tell Harry ... come on ... secrets are like Crack for Wizards.  You can't just give that kind of thing up.

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