The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Candidates for future Nemfection?
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 25, 2019, 11:50:08 AM ---When did Maeve handle it?
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Mab confirms that the infection came from the knife in Cold Days. Though granted unclear if Maeve caught the infection from directly from Lea or from handling the Knife... Page 503
--- Quote ---"It was the knife," Mab said.
"Knife?"
"Morgana's athame," Mab said in a neutral tone--but her eyes were far away. "The one given her by the Red Court at Bianca's masquerade. That is how the Leananside was tainted--and your godmother spread it to Maeve before I could set it right."
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kbrizzle:
Well here’s a question - are Maeve & Lea Nfected at the same time? We know from DB that Lea has been a Sidhecicle since before the events of the book. And I’m sure Maeve has been Nfected for a little while before the events of PG.
Mira:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on August 25, 2019, 05:24:44 PM ---Well here’s a question - are Maeve & Lea Nfected at the same time? We know from DB that Lea has been a Sidhecicle since before the events of the book. And I’m sure Maeve has been Nfected for a little while before the events of PG.
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But we don't know it is possible that Mab knew that Maeve was infected as of Small Favor and that is why she was so angry, that is also hinted at in Cold Days..
morriswalters:
Lea gets the Athame in Grave Peril. There may be a foretelling of sorts in Summer Knight. She warns Harry about the Stone Table, and she is furtive as if she doesn't want Mab to hear. There is a callback to this moment in Cold Days where she reminds Harry in Mab's presence. It is almost certain that Lea and Maeve were on the field in Summer Knight and this would have given Lea a shot at Maeve. By Dead Beat we know that Lea is detained because of a dispute with Mab. However Mab still isn't aware the Maeve is compromised. When we next see Mab in Small Favor she has ceased speaking directly. She will only speak directly after she has made Harry her Knight. She know knows that Maeve is infected, Harry relays what he believes to Mab in Cold Days.
--- Quote ---"A few years back, you got angry. So angry that when you spoke it made people bleed from the ears. That was why. Because you figured out the the adversary had taken Maeve. And it hurt. To know that the adversary had gotten to her."
"It was the knife." Mab said.
"Knife?"
"Morgana's athame," Mab said in a neutral tone-but her eyes were far away.
"The one given to her by the Red Court at Bianca's masquerade. That was how the Leanansidhe was tainted-and your godmother spread it to Maeve before I could set it right."
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I find this particular passage to be one of the most powerful of the series. The sense of melancholy as Mab faces the loss of her children, Maeve dead and Sarissa lost to Summer. Almost certainly knowing that the worst is still to come.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 25, 2019, 09:04:52 PM ---Lea gets the Athame in Grave Peril. There may be a foretelling of sorts in Summer Knight. She warns Harry about the Stone Table, and she is furtive as if she doesn't want Mab to hear. There is a callback to this moment in Cold Days where she reminds Harry in Mab's presence. It is almost certain that Lea and Maeve were on the field in Summer Knight and this would have given Lea a shot at Maeve. By Dead Beat we know that Lea is detained because of a dispute with Mab. However Mab still isn't aware the Maeve is compromised. When we next see Mab in Small Favor she has ceased speaking directly. She will only speak directly after she has made Harry her Knight. She know knows that Maeve is infected, Harry relays what he believes to Mab in Cold Days.I find this particular passage to be one of the most powerful of the series. The sense of melancholy as Mab faces the loss of her children, Maeve dead and Sarissa lost to Summer. Almost certainly knowing that the worst is still to come.
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Yes, she showed vulnerability to Harry, deep down Mab is a very human mother, and for all her Fae
cleverness she was unable to save her children. which she loved.. As Kringle warns Harry not to challenge her on that point..
--- Quote ---"but never challenge her pride, wizard. I don't know exactly what passed between you, but I suspect that if it had been witnessed by another, she would break you to pieces. Terrible pride in that creature. She'll never bend it."
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