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Elaine

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g33k:
Lea says in Ghost Story -- and she's speaking the truth, because the Fae never explicitly lie -- that his memories in spirit-form are not burdened by the weaknesses of the flesh.  What he remembered during those scenes were what he experienced at the time, un-altered by the meat and the hormones & etc.

Not necessarily "the truth" because the memories were formed under stress, in extreme emotional turmoil, and possibly in the face of illusions or mind-warping magic, etc etc etc.  But not warped by the vagaries of time and the re-processing and "creative remembering" that everybody does over time.
 

kbrizzle:
We know that Harry updates his shield after his hand gets burned with napalm at Mavra’s lair in BR. He uses the newer, upgraded shield in Changes to great effect in the duel against Ariana - his upgrades allow him to defend against steam as well.

Elaine hasn’t seen Harry since SK so she wouldn’t have noticed the upgrades he made after BR till their paths cross again in WK. Unless she’s Kumori, in which case she’s lying to mislead Harry & us the readers.

Yuillegan:
I have a digital copy of Summer Knight and looking through it, there is no scene where Elaine is in (openly) that she would have seen him use a shield. Not a one.

Harry builds his new shield after Summer Knight, in Blood Rites. So if she had seen his old shield in Summer Knight her comment would make more sense. Except she didn't. The first time she sees his shield (as Elaine - openly) is in White Night. Which is 16 years later.

Now it is possible she is surprised after 16 years about how good Harry's new shield is. But she shouldn't be unless she expected him to not improve at all. Not only that, the last time she saw him before White Night she sees him in combat several times and ends up defeating a Sidhe lord and a Summer Queen (admittedly the least of them, but still). So she knows he has improved. He doesn't once use his shield infront of her in Summer Knight though. And I find it difficult to believe she would have seen his bracelet (which would mostly have been concealed by his duster or shirt) and not commented.

Which leaves the only other option: she has seen him use it in combat whilst remaining hidden. If she were his friend why would she do that? The answer of course is that she isn't really. Perhaps she has conflicting interests or orders. But a prime event that she could have seen his shield?

When he duels Cowl.

He uses his old shield and it wasn't very effective.

So, if someone has an event where she could have seen his shield in Summer Knight please point me in the direction. I already considered the hardware store scene and she actually was not in the place, she was creating a mindfog from afar.

Maz - She doesn't disarm him exactly. He gets clubbed over the head and he smells Elaine's perfume. The implication is that Korrick is the one that does it (as he is the Unicorn in disguise). He doesn't use the shield fighting the Unicorn before he meets the Mothers either.

Mira - Certainly possible it was just an oversight or mistake in White Night. But Jim's pretty tricksy...he lays clues down decades in advance. So I am not so sure it was a mistake.

Arjan - where does she see it in Summer Knight? And it's the first time they meet since he fought DuMorne.

Arjan:
Even if she did not saw him using it she probably saw the bracelet itself and she knows the purpose of it. She may have even sensed it.

Yuillegan:
As I said above, it would have been very strange that she sees the bracelet in Summer Knight but doesn't mention it. Sensed it how? Telepathy? I don't think Dresden's ability to sense magic has ever allowed him to sense magical paraphanalia. Why would she be able to?

It is far more likely to be either a hint that she saw it somewhere between Summer Knight and White Night, or a mistake on Jim's part.

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