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Kincaid microfiction "Goodbye"
morriswalters:
--- Quote ---Um I believe that Michael's house is guarded by an angel squad. What canon about the Swords? Is it word of Jim because I cannot remember Michael, Sanya, or Shiro making those claims in the novels.
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Reread Skin Games. The Angels don't protect against mortal intruders. Thus Molly putting a contingent of Fae in the hood. And again the whole point of the charade that puts Murphy out of the picture is Nic seeking to unmake the sword. And this goes as far back as Grave Peril when Lea tricks Harry into using the sword in a matter for which it wasn't intended.
--- Quote ---Lea’s laughter rang out through the graves like silver bells. “Yes!” she caroled, stepping forward. She bent and with a casual motion picked up the great sword. “I knew you would try to cheat me again, sweet boy.” She smiled at me, a flash of dainty canines. “I must thank you, Harry. I would never have been able to touch this had not the one who held it betrayed its purpose.”
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--- Quote ---However even though he thought Lash was dead, he still heard the whisper then he dug it up and called Father Forthill.
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I can hear my Mothers voice and she has been dead for more years than I want to acknowledge. Harry hears his mothers voice in multiple books. What he heard was no more than a message recorded in his mind. A goodbye from Lash. Jim is a sentimentalist.
Avernite:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on May 01, 2020, 05:14:48 PM ---Nic could have brought in troops at any time and burned Michael's house to the ground and killed everybody in it and then taken his sword from his burned dead bullet ridden fingers. From Small Favor onward, when it is established that he knows where Michael lives. But by canon the sword is unbreakable except through a failure of the Knight and possession is meaningless outside of that. This can be inferred by the number of times the Knights have challenged the Denarians and died and the swords haven't been taken. And if the coins are always dangerous to the Knights then it can be no less true that the swords are always dangerous to the Fallen.
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Small Favor is also the book where Michael drops out of the fight, though. Running such an operation against an active Knight might occasionally be an idea, and of course sheer petty vengeance can make Nic try it... but if he was that petty to all former Knights he'd never get anything done - after all if a random house in Chicago suburbia gets blown up, burned, and bullet riddled the authorities WILL be on his tail. Nic can undoubtedly deal with that, but he can't deal with that AND freely pursue his actual goals.
In short, as Nic said in Skin Game - he was okay with leaving Michael as retired-and-out. The Sword was his real target, and Michael no longer wielded it.
kbrizzle:
A couple of things:
I think Harry gave up the Coin to Forthill for many reasons but here are a couple of the most compelling given Harry’s character imo:
* One of themes in SmF is how Michael’s trust in Harry has been shaken because of Lasciel’s Coin. In order to complete making things right, Harry gives the Coin to the person Michael is most comfortable with having it. I mean Michael wouldn’t be fully convinced if Harry claimed to be rid of the shadow but kept the Coin as further temptation.
* Harry was already carrying the burden of being a Sword guardian in addition to his other responsibilities - I can see Harry not wanting to add to this burden by also having to guard a Coin when the Church provided a reasonable alternative - see what happened in DB with Cassius & Grevane
I also don’t think anyone could use mundane means to attack an active Knight’s family without a divine being getting involved.
I do think it was Lasciel who whispered the words in Harry’s ear - perhaps she didn’t need a conduit & like Lash leaving Harry with the ability to play guitar after her death, perhaps she also left those 7 words in there as well to automatically be whispered in Harry’s ear when he was most despairing like a psychic program of sorts.
Mira:
--- Quote ---I can hear my Mothers voice and she has been dead for more years than I want to acknowledge. Harry hears his mothers voice in multiple books. What he heard was no more than a message recorded in his mind. A goodbye from Lash. Jim is a sentimentalist.
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That is nice, but you are neither a wizard nor have you had the shadow of one of the Fallen dancing
in your head for several years... But then again I don't know you, you could be.. 8) All I am saying
is Harry is a little different than your average Joe.. Now I wouldn't be shocked if my Lab, Harry Barry Blackdog did all these things, especially when he thinks I need to get up at five in the morning.. ::)
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on May 01, 2020, 07:20:29 PM ---I can hear my Mothers voice and she has been dead for more years than I want to acknowledge. Harry hears his mothers voice in multiple books. What he heard was no more than a message recorded in his mind. A goodbye from Lash. Jim is a sentimentalist.
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But you don't live in Harry's world. If something strange happens I assume there is a natural explanation. If something strange happens to Harry we can better assume it is magic.
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