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Did Ebeneezer use Mind Magic to make Thomas try the hit?

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Silentbrick:
My wife just mentioned a theory that Eb, mad that Harry was allowing Thomas to be near Maggie, worked a mind magic whammy on Thomas to try and kill Etri.  Obviously Eb is pretty psycho about hating the White Court, and I find it just as plausible that Eb whammied Thomas as Justine being nemfected.  Eb also 'tested' the Svartalfs security when he visited and mentioned how they occasionally needed to be reminded they couldn't control everything.

Personally, I don't know.  I don't /want/ to think Eb would do it, but honestly, Eb in Peace Talks feels very....odd compared to the past.   Very out of character in some ways.

Anyway, thoughts and comments on it are appreciated.

Silentbrick:
And she just pointed out, are we sure that Eb is Eb?  She mentioned that maybe someone is actually impersonating him?  She said Thomas might have been saying "Justin" not Justine and that possibly Justin is impersonating them.  Eb keeps mentioning someone coming up behind Harry, that the scales must be balanced. 

JumpyDragon:
Hmmm...maybe. I was pointed out that when Harry found Thomas being held prisoner, Thomas was still wearing his running shoes. I was also told that hardcore runners do NOT wear their running shoes out and about. While Thomas may not be a hardcore runner, I don't see him walking around in his jogging gear for hours on end after the fact. So, the idea that I heard is that Thomas was captured rather quickly after he left the apartment. Harry and Eb were together for a while.

That being said, the whole Eb mind whammy Thomas could be possible. I agree that Eb is not the same in this book. He's been giving me serious alarm bells.  I personally think that Eb is Nemfected. It would be damn near impossible for a normal wizard to mind whammy Eb due to his age.

I personally don't think Thomas is in his straight mindset (besides being beaten silly to a pulp and severely hungry) either.

Mira:

--- Quote ---I personally don't think Thomas is in his straight mindset (besides being beaten silly to a pulp and severely hungry) either.
--- End quote ---

Yeah, that has struck me from the beginning also, either the elves are tough little SOBs or it isn't Thomas.  As far as the shoes and clothes go, you could be right.

However, a couple of things, for starters something was weird about Thomas during their run.  Yes,
he was nervous and anxious over Justine and the baby, but he also sort of alluded to having a plan
to having a plan of some sort to deal with it. It was subtle and easy to miss, but he made it.

Would Lara have been that easily fooled?  I mean she was feeding his Hunger to keep him alive.
If it had been someone else, I think she would have felt it.

ClintACK:
That was my theory at the time, too. Remember that the two points he wanted to make to Harry were: (1) Thomas isn't safe to have around Maggie and (2) the Svartalves aren't who he thinks they are -- the embassy isn't a safe place to raise Maggie.

This little 'incident' would illustrate both points admirably.

And, oh look, Maggie's not living at the svartalf embassy any more. And Thomas isn't going to be around her for the foreseeable future.

But we'll all know in a few days...

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