The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Is there anything Mab can't command Harry to do? (Getting out of the WK idea.)
morriswalters:
You may want to think of the mantle as a supernatural exoskeleton. She didn't fix his back. Given sufficient time his back will heal itself. All the better to keep Harry in line.
peregrine:
Maybe. But then, a crutch was not what was agreed upon. A fix was what was agreed upon.
morriswalters:
--- Quote ---“That before my service begins, you restore my body to health. That you grant me time enough to rescue my daughter and take her to safety, and strength and knowledge enough to succeed. And you give me your word that you will never command me to lift my hand against those I love.”
--- End quote ---
She did precisely what she promised. The mantle to all intents and purposes made him healthy. It just didn't heal his back. Typical Mab. :)
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on February 27, 2019, 08:37:42 AM ---She did precisely what she promised. The mantle to all intents and purposes made him healthy. It just didn't heal his back. Typical Mab. :)
--- End quote ---
I don't think that is so clear.. Remember what Eb told Harry in Changes, it could well be that Mab did heal Harry's back, that was the bargain... However that doesn't exclude her from breaking it again when she wishes or making Harry believe that she did, she never promised that she wouldn't... In every Fae bargain there are loop holes.
Bad Alias:
Someone asked Jim about how the mantle goes away when he has iron in him and about that scene where he breaks Winter Law. The question was something like, isn't that a contradiction. Jim replied with something like, it seems that way; doesn't it. I took it to mean that it was meant to look that way but wasn't. Intentionally ambiguous. I don't think that answers the question, but I think we should keep it in mind during the "is his back broken" debate.
I personally am on the "not broken" side.
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