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It's all Mab's fault! (Battle Ground Spoilers)
ClintACK:
When Ethniu takes the field and starts blasting things with the Eye of Balor, Mab counters with a psychic assault all over the city, strengthening her allies and oppressing her enemies.
--- Quote from: Bob ---"Everything coming in from that side knows, not in its head but deep down in its guts, that it is entering the lair of a predator and that it's never going home. Knows the odds are against it. Knows that every step forward brings it closer to death.
"... She'll blunt any non-useful terror you might feel, too. And she'll encourage your aggressive tendencies. Like maybe enough so that someone who is too physically screwed up to be involved in fighting instead convinces her friends to help her and heads out into the war.
... Butters leaned in to the conversation. "What happens if Mab keeps making things worse on the enemy?"
Bob let out a hysterical little cackle. "They go insane. I mean, obviously. It's a psychic assault."
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So... two things to note:
1. Without Mab "Preparing the Field" Murphy might well have stayed at Mac's. The pain from her injuries would have prevented her from riding a motorcycle and shouldering a bazooka. And her desire to protect might well have overruled her desire to kick ass.
2. Without Mab "Preparing the Field" Rudolph might not have been so insanely panicked -- not to the point that his partner had to knock him unconscious.
Mira:
--- Quote ---So... two things to note:
1. Without Mab "Preparing the Field" Murphy might well have stayed at Mac's. The pain from her injuries would have prevented her from riding a motorcycle and shouldering a bazooka. And her desire to protect might well have overruled her desire to kick ass.
2. Without Mab "Preparing the Field" Rudolph might not have been so insanely panicked -- not to the point that his partner had to knock him
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Mab may have been human once, but she either has forgotten how humans react, or she no longer cares. She needed soldiers on the field, they are to be used and discarded as needed.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on October 07, 2020, 04:57:02 AM ---Mab may have been human once, but she either has forgotten how humans react, or she no longer cares. She needed soldiers on the field, they are to be used and discarded as needed.
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To be fair that kind of decision was not out of reach for most human generals in history if they had the means they would certainly do it.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on October 07, 2020, 05:51:56 AM ---To be fair that kind of decision was not out of reach for most human generals in history if they had the means they would certainly do it.
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I agree, and it is part of the understanding I believe she and Harry came to. At some point Mab talks about giving up her soul bit by bit to save people who will never know who did it. Or it might have been Harry, cannot remember now, but he understands because when those people chose to fight under his banner, he felt them die, and a bit of his soul with them. I think the interactions between Harry and Mab are my favorite parts of the book. Mab is also pleased that Harry didn't choose to use the Winter Mantle to compel people to fight under his banner. I think she likes her Knight to be able to use the mantle as a tool, not have the mantle use him. That was the case with Slate and as a result he was almost useless to her and ultimately betrayed her.
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: ClintACK on October 07, 2020, 04:06:55 AM ---When Ethniu takes the field and starts blasting things with the Eye of Balor, Mab counters with a psychic assault all over the city, strengthening her allies and oppressing her enemies.
So... two things to note:
1. Without Mab "Preparing the Field" Murphy might well have stayed at Mac's. The pain from her injuries would have prevented her from riding a motorcycle and shouldering a bazooka. And her desire to protect might well have overruled her desire to kick ass.
2. Without Mab "Preparing the Field" Rudolph might not have been so insanely panicked -- not to the point that his partner had to knock him unconscious.
--- End quote ---
There is a certain truth in this assertion, though I think in the case of Murphy, Mab's influence does not change anything truly important. Murphy is too stubborn and has too much experience with psychic assault to be truly effected by Mab's prompting. Even if Mab isn't there Murphy would do the same and she might even die faster in the war if her pain or some irrelevant fear distracted her during the battle. In Murphy's case, Mab's influence has all the positive effect without the negatives. At least I think so.
I am really upset when Murphy died. I mean, I stop reading the book for about 2 minutes just to calm myself down. Her death was quite a shock at the time.
Ultimately though her presence there is nescesary. Harry would have died at least twice if Murphy and the reinforcement she brings does not arrive in time. And without Harry Chicago would have been lost.
The price is heavy but I must say she died well.
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