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Cold Days: Attack on Demonreach
Mira:
--- Quote ---I didn't mean to suggest it was 'that' bird. Or that particular species. I was just saying in general Harry heard a bird and he looked about and saw Kringle walking to him. Therefore the wards were down, Halloween had ended. It wasn't even the first bird or necessarily strict confirmation of the rule, as Mab had recently departed with both Ladies and had conversed with Kringle, etc. The rule concerning first bird most likely aligns with the precise rule, but there still can be a bit of fuzziness. Hey there might be a 'cosmic' bird that decides these things not one on Earth. In mythology there actually are roosters whose crowing mean things.
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It is my impression that it was daylight by then, birds and roosters begin much earlier.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 24, 2018, 12:32:41 PM ---It is my impression that it was daylight by then, birds and roosters begin much earlier.
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Well, the Rooster bit is mostly a myth, those bastards sound off whenever they damn well feel like it >:(
Mira:
--- Quote from: Quantus on January 24, 2018, 01:58:11 PM ---Well, the Rooster bit is mostly a myth, those bastards sound off whenever they damn well feel like it >:(
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Indeed they do, I grew up and a chicken ranch... Also if different birds sing at all hours of the night, so "when the birds sing" means nothing unless you know the species of bird..
raidem:
I argue that the real rule is a cosmic bird that sounds the end of the day or at least a special day like Halloween whereby immortals become mortal. I say this because it shouldn't just be one time zones bird that decides the end of it.
peregrine:
Which does raise a good point. Maybe it's each time zone's bird. Or even each "area." That the first birdsong in range counts, but if you're a few hundred miles away, you've got some extra time.
Which then brings up the question of what about places that have no birds at all.
I don't think there's some Ur-bird that does it, otherwise Bob wouldn't have listed the multiple options, but does the first bird song of England cut things short for California?
A better option would probably be dawn or dusk or something.
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