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Kincaid microfiction "Goodbye"
Mira:
--- Quote from: toodeep on April 27, 2020, 03:18:54 PM ---"Meaning that since a whisper in you ear that should have killed you seems to have failed, I intend to skip the subtlety, rip your head apart, and collect our child." - Skin game, said by Lasciel.
I always took this to mean she was the whisperer. I see why someone may not, but I think she is the simplest solution, and obviously the one that would know Harry best.
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Good catch, I don't remember that.
--- Quote ---There is no indication that Harry was afraid of the coin any longer. Had he been afraid he would have left the coins behind the protections they were under in his basement. With Lash dead there was no longer a reason to have the coin. It could no longer affect him.
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I disagree there, he already knew because he had the shadow of Lasciel who became Lash dancing in his head for a number of years in spite of his "protections" [buried in a containment circle] against the influence of the coin hadn't worked. So with that whisper/echo in his head, he had plenty of reason to still be worried. Hey for the simple reason of not wanting to go through what he had just gone through. Yes, the shadow helped him a lot and he managed to transform her, but it was a near thing and it might not work a second time. Also, how certain could Harry be that it couldn't still affect him? He isn't an expert of Denarians, he hadn't talked to anyone about that. Michael continued to be skeptical for some time that Harry was under the influence, proof enough that the
influence isn't easily shrugged off, actually it had never happened before Harry.
--- Quote ---There is also the idea that he could still call the coin whether that is really true or not. He told Mab so anyway but that was more to have something to chat about during the negotiation. But that is also a link.
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And here we have another case of Jim not paying attention to his own plot. He has Vadderung warn Harry that Anduriel is listening and has Harry run his mouth to Murphy about Bonea. Not Smart. But thanks for pointing it out, I had forgotten it.
Or maybe he thought it just more important that Murphy knew that than Nicodemus didn't.
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Actually when you think about it it was important that Murphy know. She wanted to kill the parasite for starters, and secondly as long as she didn't understand what was going on in Harry's head she wasn't going to fully trust him thinking something was very wrong. Nor could she convincingly explain Harry's behavior unless she herself understood it, even if she had to conceal the actual reasons. So I can see Harry thinking it was more important that she know, also if you read the context when he tells her, she is really giving him the third degree/Murphy fashion about her and their friends being freaked, especially since Nic and Mab seem to be buddy buddy and Harry going along.. Yeah, he is her Knight, but still.
Arjan:
Or maybe Karen just needed a good laugh. It is therapeutic.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on April 27, 2020, 06:56:52 PM ---Or maybe Karen just needed a good laugh. It is therapeutic.
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That's true too, though Harry seemed totally mortified. He may have just needed to tell someone and thought, "what's the harm?" Or alternatively, "just screw it, I don't care if Nic knows or not.."
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on April 27, 2020, 04:18:06 PM ---Whatever Harry said to Mab, he couldn't have done the Darkhallow ... . The Darkhallow would have required time and preparation, Cowl bitched about the prep time.
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Harry couldn't have performed an ascension level Darkhallow, but he may have been able to perform a "enough power to save Maggie" level Darkhallow.
--- Quote ---I heard a very faint whisper, like an echo of Lash's voice.
Everything I can, dear host.
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This and the guitar playing was Bonea according to Id Harry in Skin Game. It's fair to argue that Id Harry was wrong, but it isn't fair to say Id Harry didn't say that.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on April 28, 2020, 12:28:04 AM ---Harry couldn't have performed an ascension level Darkhallow, but he may have been able to perform a "enough power to save Maggie" level Darkhallow.
This and the guitar playing was Bonea according to Id Harry in Skin Game. It's fair to argue that Id Harry was wrong, but it isn't fair to say Id Harry didn't say that.
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As changes was set up now Mab was the best choice. It was faster than a darkhallow and more reliable than the fallen. If Harry had gone for one if the other two it would have been a totally different book not just by Harry’s choices but by Jim’s choices as well.
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