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Unanswered questions in Dead Beat

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kbrizzle:
Upon a reread of Dead Beat, I found a few things puzzling & am curious what you guys think.


* Why does Bob leave the skull in the beginning of the book to talk to Harry about Kemmler? Harry himself notes that the spirit had never asked to leave the skull for just a conversation before - this is before Harry forces him to remember his time with Kemmler & become Evil Bob.
* How does Corpsetaker know that the Darkhallow is afoot? Grevane was trying to buy the Word of Kemmler from Bony Tony & Cowl was presumably sent by the Black Council
* How was Corpsetaker planning on performing the Darkhallow? Cowl has Bob & Grevane took the Word from Harry at the Field museum. Corpsetaker only had the Erlking book at that point.
* How did both Mavra & Kincaid know that the events of Dead Beat were about to go down but Mab didn’t?
* If Elaine is indeed Kumori, why did she allow Bob to keep talking to Harry as Cowl was performing the Darkhallow? Elaine would’ve also grown up with the skull like Harry did & would know not to let Harry & Bob talk (especially when they were plotting to ruin Cowl’s working)
* Harry calls Mavra (& the rest of the Black Court) a super zombie - given that this is a book about necromancy & we know it can be used effectively against the Blamps, what does this say about the nature of the Black Court?

Mira:

--- Quote ---    Why does Bob leave the skull in the beginning of the book to talk to Harry about Kemmler? Harry himself notes that the spirit had never asked to leave the skull for just a conversation before - this is before Harry forces him to remember his time with Kemmler & become Evil Bob.
--- End quote ---
If I remember correctly it has to do with the fact that Bob had totally blocked out his time with Kemmler.    When Harry ordered him to recall everything, that triggers the appearance of  Evil Bob who then nearly kills Harry.

morriswalters:
1.  Service to the story. To break off the conversation Jim has to get Bob out of the skull so Harry can use the safe word.
2.  Birds of a feather flock together.  The more help to get to the starting line and then a double cross at the finish.
3.  Thieves solution, what you can't buy, steal.
4.  The point of intersection.  Drakul.
5.  Focus.  When you have a six foot seven inch wizard by the throat you concentrate on the important thing.  Keep him from turning to Kill you.  and the boss guy had just told the Skull to stfu.
6.  That they are the reanimated dead?

Bad Alias:
My two cents:

1. Because Evil Bob was a part of Bob, just suppressed, I think Evil Bob was influencing Bob so that he could kill/whatever Harry. Also what Morris said.

2. I think Bony Tony put the word out in black magic circles (somehow) that he had the book. Grevane outbid everyone but didn't have the money to buy it. That's why he double crossed him.

3. Even if she couldn't do it, she had to be there to stop Grevane and Cowl from succeeding because any one of them who wins will kill the others.

4. Kincaid knew? I don't remember that. I'd have to re-read Mab's part to determine if it's definite that she didn't know. One has to read what a Sidhe says very carefully. Other than that, I don't know why she wouldn't know. I gave my reasons why certain people would know.

5. Harry named Bob. When Elaine knew him, he wasn't named. Names provide a connection to the named entity. Having named him, Harry has even more power over him than he would otherwise.

6. Can you provide the super zombie quote? Without examining it, I'm going to go with Morris on this one.

morriswalters:

--- Quote ---Mab arched an eyebrow. "Him," she said. "Yes. Your godmother knows some little of him. What would you know of him?"
"I want to know why all of Kemmler's disciples are grabbing up all the copies of the White Council's book about him."
Nothing that I could imagine would truly rattle Mab's composure, but that sentence apparently came close. Her expression froze, and with it the wind came to a sudden, dead halt. The waves of the shore abruptly stilled to a sheet of glass beneath her feet, dimly reflecting the glow of the city skyline in the distance and the last shreds of purple light in the leaden sky.
"Kemmler's disciples," she said. Her eyes were deeper than the lake she stood upon. "Could it be?"
"Could what be?" I asked.
"The Word," she said. "The Word of Kemmler. Has it been found?"
--- End quote ---

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