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Ghost Story's Lash
WereElephant:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on April 13, 2018, 10:32:50 PM ---Personally I think the mention of the parasite at the end is Bonnie/Lash's "appearance". No whispered words or deception necessary.
But if I were being creative, I'd pick Inez. She's got some lines that hint that she's more than some ghost.
* “This little world is so small,” she continued. “So dull. So dreary.”
* “Sinned?” she suggested, her large eyes eerily serene. “Chose the left-hand path? Fell from grace? Cast the world into madness?”
* “There are far, far worse things to be than a monster.”
Even Harry had guessed she was something else by the end.
* I folded my arms and stared at Inez. My voice came out ragged and harsh. “You aren’t the ghost of a little girl.” Her little face lit up with another smile. “If I am no ghost, why do you look so haunted?”
And then there's Alfred's comment about Inez, who he seems to know about, despite never having left the island. As if he's dealt with her/put up with her for a few months as they both sustained Harry's life.
* “An insufferable entity,” murmured a slow, deep, redolent basso voice behind me. “Her soul is made of crooked lines.”
Inez's wordplay is more like Mab, and Alfred would know her well enough to be judgemental about her as well. But some of the comments, about the world and sin, sound more angelic. More eternal than even Mab, who's a newborn compared to Lasciel/Lash.
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Inez is more than meets the eye, certainly, but I think her comments are too antagonistic toward Dresden to be Lash. By the time of Lash's demise, she seemed to be interested in preserving Dresden, to the point of cutting her ties with progenitor Lasciel. The comments reflected here do the opposite - their intention is to drive him farther along the path Mab wants him to go, to becoming her obedient knight. I suppose, with a surviving Lash being a free agent, she might have been picked up by Mab, but that's me speculating.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Kindler on April 16, 2018, 01:24:34 PM ---I could buy it. Maybe it was whatever remained of Lash looking in on her kid.
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Possibly. It's definitely more mature than I'm expecting Bonnie to be.
--- Quote from: WereElephant on April 16, 2018, 01:41:03 PM ---Inez is more than meets the eye, certainly, but I think her comments are too antagonistic toward Dresden to be Lash. By the time of Lash's demise, she seemed to be interested in preserving Dresden, to the point of cutting her ties with progenitor Lasciel. The comments reflected here do the opposite - their intention is to drive him farther along the path Mab wants him to go, to becoming her obedient knight. I suppose, with a surviving Lash being a free agent, she might have been picked up by Mab, but that's me speculating.
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According to WoJ, Mab had a proxy at both gravesite scenes. I take it Alfred wasn't the proxy, so I'm assuming Inez was in one, and Lea was in the other.
If (and again, a big IF) Inez was Lash and/or Bonnie, then they might not have had the power/freedom to act on their own. They might have had to have borrowed power from Mab to appear to Harry. If so, then Mab's agenda could have been rubbing off on the communication, especially if they were supposed to be acting on her behalf.
Like I said, it seems like a stretch.
raidem:
I don't think Inez was Bonnie. I could accept that Inez was a separate entity outside of Bonnie. Mab could have taken part of Lash remnant from Harry that didn't become part of Bonnie. She then rehabbed/assisted Lash.
I'm keeping open the possibility that Murphy will team up with either Lash or Lasciel and use this assistance to become Mab. Alternatively, Murphy/Mab took some of Lash essence after Lash's 'sacrifice' and made her into a distinct entity separate of Bonnie.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on April 16, 2018, 04:59:48 PM ---If (and again, a big IF) Inez was Lash and/or Bonnie, then they might not have had the power/freedom to act on their own. They might have had to have borrowed power from Mab to appear to Harry. If so, then Mab's agenda could have been rubbing off on the communication, especially if they were supposed to be acting on her behalf.
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I think Inez = Bonnie is a the bigger stretch of the two. Inez seemed a little too on the ball for somebody who has pure zero context to understand the knowledge at her disposal. Like, "pancakes aren't sentient" is progress for her.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on April 16, 2018, 10:52:15 PM ---I think Inez = Bonnie is a the bigger stretch of the two. Inez seemed a little too on the ball for somebody who has pure zero context to understand the knowledge at her disposal. Like, "pancakes aren't sentient" is progress for her.
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Agreed.
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