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Why imprison Thomas in Demonreach

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dspringer1:

--- Quote ---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.
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This makes no sense because he was willing to confront the outsider on the boat where he had access to none of the resources of Demonreach.  If he was too weak, then he should have made up some excuse to stash Justine somewhere else.  Not confront her on the boat. 


--- Quote ---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. 
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This also makes no sense.  He had a number of visits from Thomas and Murphy while on the island.  He could easily have asked Thomas to acquire a set of tools and some raw materials.    Yet he scratched his staff out with a nail or something instead.     I get that after skin game he was highly distracted and seemed reluctant to get back in the game which may be a natural human reaction, but the time between cold days and skin game is inexcusable. 

Mira:

--- Quote ---This also makes no sense.  He had a number of visits from Thomas and Murphy while on the island.  He could easily have asked Thomas to acquire a set of tools and some raw materials.    Yet he scratched his staff out with a nail or something instead.     I get that after skin game he was highly distracted and seemed reluctant to get back in the game which may be a natural human reaction, but the time between cold days and skin game is inexcusable.

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He didn't have all that many visits, neither felt comfortable there.  There may also be some components that wizards have access to. 


--- Quote ---This makes no sense because he was willing to confront the outsider on the boat where he had access to none of the resources of Demonreach.  If he was too weak, then he should have made up some excuse to stash Justine somewhere else.  Not confront her on the boat. 
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Oh but he did, when he let himself fall overboard, Alfred was there to catch him and pull him, the eye, and the spear to safety, the placard as well if he had it on him.  However since he had no blood sample from Justine, he couldn't have Alfred imprison her.

morriswalters:
Jim is trying to simplify.  Too many characters and too many gadgets. Thomas no longer serves a purpose. Neither does Murphy. So he cached them.  If he needs them then they are there but in the interim he doesn't need to devote resources to them. Same thing with the Foci, if he needs them then they will turn up but otherwise just the iconic ones, his staff and shield bracelet. Or maybe just his staff.

Kindler:

--- Quote from: dspringer1 on January 15, 2021, 05:00:41 PM ---This makes no sense because he was willing to confront the outsider on the boat where he had access to none of the resources of Demonreach.  If he was too weak, then he should have made up some excuse to stash Justine somewhere else.  Not confront her on the boat. 

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I think his thought was "I cannot let Justine set foot on Demonreach." The idea was for the Island to imprison her without taking her there. That's my reading of it, anyway.

As for Thomas, Harry's reasoning is that Thomas's Hunger is turning inward and he is about to turn feral, or die. If Harry brought someone to feed Thomas's Hunger, Thomas would undoubtedly kill that person in his current state. So stasis was the solution to prevent anyone from dying until he can figure out a way to keep Thomas alive.

But for meta reasons, it's to remove some characters and trim things down a bit. Murphy and Thomas out of the picture for a few books will make things leaner and leave more room for new players (or for older characters to take on a bigger role, like Lara). I mean, they're both in most of the books pretty extensively.

Oh, and also it gives Harry something to be sad about that is also a solvable problem.

Bad Alias:
Isn't it stated in PT that Thomas is beyond feeding?

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