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Kincaid microfiction "Goodbye"
Mira:
--- Quote ---Adult tip 101. Never go to the store when you are hungry. Adult tip 102. If an adult says cross my heart, smack them, and suggest that they find someone else to flummox. If you ignore those adult tips then obviously you shouldn't be let out without a leash. Back in the day when he wrote this Jim had a boy beard, today he has a man beard. We know this because it is grey, which is the direct result of all the fibs your kids tell you when they are trying to wheedle whatever it is they want out of you. ;)
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Smack them? Really? How adult.. As Forumghost said, Harry explained, he treated it like an academic exercise, when he realized that wasn't what she wanted he refused to tell her more..
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Obviously the story belies that interpretation. After Harry tells her what the three circles do, he refuses to tell her how to empower them. Which is what gets her killed. Until he gives them meaning they might as well be in Sanskrit. Since according to the quotes I posted she was clueless until Harry got finished, then in my estimation he owns it. Whatever you doubt she specifically says that he is the only one who knows, that she has access to. Again I quoted that.
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Perhaps a little more interpretation? You think if Harry told her how to empower them she would have survived? Harry flat out told her,
--- Quote ---"Your strength's got nothing to do with it." I said. "You don't have the training. You don't have the knowledge. I wouldn't expect a kid in grade school to sit down and figure out college calculus."
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Yes, there are prodigies, Harry was a bit of one, that is why he is a full wizard... Kim isn't, and Harry flat out told her she was years away in both training and knowledge from pulling it off. If he had told her how to do it, then he would have owned it. No, at no point is Kim clueless, that is why she lied through her teeth.. She may not have known the mechanics of that circle, but she knew what it was for and she knew it was no ordinary circle way beyond her limited knowledge.. Her total dishonesty absolves Harry of any responsibility.
morriswalters:
I don't think the smack will ever be needed.
--- Quote ---Perhaps a little more interpretation? You think if Harry told her how to empower them she would have survived? Harry flat out told her,
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No, I think if Harry had kept his yap shut and refused to talk at all that she might have survived. But you never know sometimes random works.
Bad Alias:
If you aren't hungry when you go to the store, how will you know what you want to eat? ???
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on March 21, 2020, 04:32:57 AM ---I don't think the smack will ever be needed. No, I think if Harry had kept his yap shut and refused to talk at all that she might have survived. But you never know sometimes random works.
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That or telling her more. She knew just enough to get killed. But she probably felt she had to try anyway because the alternative was to let MacFinn on a killing spree every month and she just wanted to get all information that could help her.
Knowing the limits of what you know is often more important than exactly how much you know.
This is early Harry. I think later Harry would have acted differently. Only Harry helping her with the circle would have made a difference.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: Arjan on March 21, 2020, 08:18:36 AM ---Only Harry helping her with the circle would have made a difference.
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And only her telling him what was really going on would have allowed Harry to help with the circle.
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