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"It is not yet your hour."
Arjan:
Carlos could have lied.
forumghost:
--- Quote from: Arjan on July 01, 2021, 05:30:38 AM ---Carlos could have lied.
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That's a fair point, especially when he showed up to force Harry onto the Security team and yet never thought to mention how the Merlin is trying to kick him out literally right now.
Like, Carlos shows up to force Harry to stay in the city, and then Eb shows up to try and warn Harry to go to Edinburgh.
Kinda seems like maybe Carlos was working with the Merlin to get Harry kicked.
Mira:
--- Quote ---That's a fair point, especially when he showed up to force Harry onto the Security team and yet never thought to mention how the Merlin is trying to kick him out literally right now.
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And basically sets him up with a tracking device, let's not forget that one. No, Carlos was not on Harry's side from the moment we first meet him in chapter one of Peace Talks.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Mira on July 01, 2021, 03:28:38 AM ---Basically that is what Langtry tried to pull in Proven Guilty, when he wanted Molly convicted, claiming he had proxies for the Senior Members missing, when he never even consulted them on how they wanted to vote.
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Sure, but it's one thing to make a personal call against a random teenage warlock. Taking advantage like that to expel a member who's still popular with slightly less than half of the rest of the Council is quite another. It's borrowing a lot of political trouble for another day.
Langtry has enough political acumen to have a pretty good idea if he's got the votes among the general membership to kick Harry before the voting even opens. Letting it be decided by the open membership gives him more cover against 40-odd percent of the membership thinking he personally railroaded someone they regard well.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on July 02, 2021, 01:18:11 AM ---Sure, but it's one thing to make a personal call against a random teenage warlock. Taking advantage like that to expel a member who's still popular with slightly less than half of the rest of the Council is quite another. It's borrowing a lot of political trouble for another day.
Langtry has enough political acumen to have a pretty good idea if he's got the votes among the general membership to kick Harry before the voting even opens. Letting it be decided by the open membership gives him more cover against 40-odd percent of the membership thinking he personally railroaded someone they regard well.
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Yes, that is why the death sentence was changed to banishment, everyone knew very well as did Carlos that the Turtlenecks weren't exactly human. They also know it was a real war being fought, not a time for being picky as far as the First Law goes. I imagine if one looked close enough none of the wizards who were there were completely innocent of that violation. It comes down to Harry being able to command his own army, even if they are pixies, and having control over Demonreach, it scares the holy hell out of them.
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