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Why couldn’t Bonea talk to Harry?
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 11, 2023, 03:17:55 PM --- Very possible, but I think there is more to it. Remember in Ghost Story, when Harry woke up, Bonea was referred to as the "Parasite." ...
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Remember, it was Mab who referred to her as a "parasite."
And we know that Mab is always careful with her words; not to convey maximum information & minimal misunderstanding, but to get people to do what she wants them to (without technically "lying"). So while (to quote ghost-ObiWan) "it was true... from a certain point of view," it was also deceptive as FUCK, and intended to get Harry to do what Mab wanted.
g33k:
--- Quote from: vincentric on January 11, 2023, 02:59:20 PM ---Most likely, she didn't know how. She was still developing.
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This, I think. Some mixture of too weak and/or too disorganized.
vincentric:
Just a thought also, when Alfred first spoke to Harry, it caused him pain. Bonea was causing Harry's headaches. Maybe that was her trying to talk to Harry but lacking the proper frequency.
Mab knew this but says nothing because she wanted a lever to manipulate Harry. Alfred just doesn't think about these things unless Harry asks. Harry asked how to get Bonea out, not how to communicate. It took a meeting with Id-Harry to introduce her as something other than "the Parasite". Until then Harry didn't know Bonea was potentially a friendly.
g33k:
--- Quote from: vincentric on January 11, 2023, 11:16:14 PM --- Just a thought also, when Alfred first spoke to Harry, it caused him pain...
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I think that was just the sheer unrestrained power of Demonreach. The spirit was unused to how fragile mortals could be, and maybe was still self-calibrated to reach Kemmler on a worldwide basis.
--- Quote from: vincentric on January 11, 2023, 11:16:14 PM ---... Bonea was causing Harry's headaches. Maybe that was her trying to talk to Harry but lacking the proper frequency.
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But the pain was getting worse and worse and worse; as she developed, Bonea should have been getting closer and closer to "tuned in." I think Bonea was simply -- as presented in the novels -- getting "too big" for Harry's brain to contain 2nd entire independent being (and, of course, just the intentional parallels to the discomforts of pregnancy & childbirth).
Mira:
--- Quote ---But the pain was getting worse and worse and worse; as she developed, Bonea should have been getting closer and closer to "tuned in." I think Bonea was simply -- as presented in the novels -- getting "too big" for Harry's brain to contain 2nd entire independent being (and, of course, just the intentional parallels to the discomforts of pregnancy & childbirth).
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Or Athena springing forth from the brain of Zeus..
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