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morriswalters:
Chauncy doesn't say much. But what he says agrees with Eb. And there is a truism about lies, never tell a lie when the truth would serve you better. But leaving the Circle or Black Council or whatever wouldn't have gotten her a get out of hell card. And we know that Morgan saw her in the last nine months she was alive. What was her act of redemption?
Bad Alias:
Choosing redemption? I don't know what Jim believes these days, but he grew up Christian. The books often emphasize the importance of choice. The Knights try to save the Denarians. If the older ones give up their coins, they can't have much more than a few years left. The really old ones like Tessa and Nick would probably have less than a few years.
I think simply choosing to change paths and taking the first steps could be enough. Leaving the circle may have been enough. "I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin" would have probably been enough.
Mira:
--- Quote from: g33k on February 16, 2020, 12:38:37 AM ---I explicitly presume that Chauncy is a liar.
Unless there's a magical bargain in place, so his info MUST be good (in order for him to get the thing he wants in return), Chauncy will mix truth and lies -- MOSTLY lies -- such that nothing he says can be treated as "factual."
It's just part of what Chauncy is.
--- End quote ---
Of course Chauncy is a liar, he was also trying very hard to trick or goad Harry into giving him more of his name so Harry would be in his clutches. However I think he was also telling the truth that Margaret's acts were getting her a nice place in Hell. But remember what Uriel said to Harry when he became Winter Knight, motives are important, paraphrasing, " that he could never stray so far from the path that he couldn't return." I think that is how Margaret lived her life, yes, she wandered so far off the path that her soul was in real danger, but her motives were not totally evil. When she met Malcolm she was able to redeem herself by her love for him and the conception of Harry.
morriswalters:
I'm an old school kinda guy. So if Jim makes her redemptive arc, "Go and sin no more." I would find that to be unsatisfactory. Not that he asks me. He's writes like a Catholic, irrespective of his faith, if any. And they have purgatory. I personally would want a quid pro quo. And I'm looking at you Morgan. :o
Bad Alias:
If it makes you feel better, she died because she turned away from her previous associates. As you quoted "[a]fter that, nowhere was safe for her." It's not like she didn't have any penance.
Morgan died to save others. He devoted his life to risking that.
The only way anyone is ever going to get a perfect balance is in some sort of Purgatory where they somehow eliminate all the red from their ledger. (Literally, Purgatory would be a place of cleansing, not necessarily through punishment).
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