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Thomas's Cell
Mira:
Historically Merlin does sleep in a cave, versions vary, some say he is being held prisoner. I've always speculated that he is Merlin. One could speculate that after creating the prison, he looked back on his own life and actions and they came up short, so he "committed himself" to the prison, not unlike one does if one is insane for treatment.
morriswalters:
Heinlein wrote a book called The Door Into Summer. The protagonist uses cold sleep to get to the future. Finds that something he did indicates that he went to the past. He goes to the past in a time machine and once more cold sleeps his way back. One loop and out.
I think Harry is in that cell. He needs to be there because if it was known it might change the future in a way he couldn't predict. Vadderung probably knows, he hinted something like this in Cold Days when he say "Perhaps you already have." in response to the question of if Harry could stop the attack.
It would explain why Demonreach is in Lake Michigan near Chicago. Why Harry felt the intellectus the first time he visited. Why he was able to bind Demonreach. Why Mab is fixated on Harry. Who was able to get past his Wards to fix LC. And so on.
seanham:
Hasn't it been stated several times by WOJ that the prisoner is not Merlin or Harry?
CrusherJen:
We've been told it's not Merlin:
--- Quote ---The original Merlin, does he sound British?
He’d probably sound so unintelligibly British that you wouldn’t be able to tell he was speaking English. No, he’s not the guy in Demonreach.
--- End quote ---
Via https://wordof.jim-butcher.com/index.php/word-of-jim-woj-compilation/woj-on-harrys-mortal-allies/
No word on if it's Harry... though I'm not sure why Harry would have an accent. IIRC, Chandler does, but I'd think Harry would recognize his voice, so it's probably not Chandler either.
morriswalters:
Jim is hoist on his own petard since another WOJ says that he would lie to protect the plot.
Language makes no difference at all. Toot Toot can understand Russian. So maybe the Mantle has potentials that Harry has not yet cracked. Otherwise what was Jim trying to accomplish with that tidbit? You know, introducing the idea that Toot can speak Russian, randomly, out of nowhere.
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