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Why imprison Thomas in Demonreach

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dspringer1:
I get why Harry hid Thomas on the island.   But I do not get why Dresden put him into the prison as opposed to just stranding him on the island.   Especially as that gave him the opportunity to question Thomas.   Even if he had to imprison him initially, why not release him as soon as he identified Justine as the culprit. 

I am also puzzled why Dresden confronted possessed Justine while on the waters.   He could easily have docked, stepped on the island while having Justine stay aboard.   He then consults with Demonreach and arranges mentally to have Justine imprisoned as soon as she steps on the island.    Probably not good for Justine's body or the body of the baby, but leaving he possessed by the outsider is probably equally bad for both. 

It just feels like the author is deliberately making demonreach less useful to Dresden.  For the same reason, Dresden's reasons for not having his normal foci by this point are also pretty weak.  While I can get it that the author does not want Dresden to be too overpowered to be challenged, peace talks and battleground seemed to be stories where overpowered was not a problem as the enemy was so greatly overpowered to begin with.   

forumghost:
Thomas was fucked up so badly that his Demon had begun to cannibalize him to sustain itself, he was dying and Harry had no way to stop it, so he froze him in Carbonite Demonreach until he could figure something out. He didn't try and take Justine to Demonreach and imprison her because between the battle itself and the effort required to bind Ethniu, he was running on fumes. He could barely stand, let alone throw his Will against a Walker.

This is all pretty explicitly stated in the text.

Dresden not having any of his gear remains dumb as hell though. He spent like, a year and a half dicking around on Demonreach practicing Parkour post Cold Days, and then ever since Skin Game he's been whinging about how he misses his Shield Bracelet and such, because Jim wants him to struggle against ghouls and pixies despite now being the Winter Knight.

b4utoo:
Don't forget Dresden is human not just a wizard. And not perfect. And shit happens. He was up late on an Xbox that you haven't seen yet..  yes that part was a joke but other things can transpire that wasn't stated while on the island

TrueMonk:
To be fair he made his staff and the skull for Bonnie while he was on the island. And he has made a shield bracelet, just not a great one.

Mira:


The shield bracelet and stuff made life easier..  The island has a lot of stuff but it isn't exactly the local
magical Ace Hardware store, Harry made due with what was at hand.  So maybe not a great bracelet, but considering, pretty kick ass.

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