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Thomas
Mira:
--- Quote ---Agreed. The Skinwalker just tortured him to near death and allowed him to feed himself back to health. He wasn't actively trying to talk him into something he was just training him. I liken it to taking a recovering alcoholic, trapping him without water, waiting until her was dehydrated, and giving him only alcohol to drink. The alcoholic will walk out thinking that alcohol is what has freed him from his prison and i necessary for his ongoing life.
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First of all if you gave an alcoholic only alcohol to drink, he would die of thirst. Second what the Skin Walker did to Thomas goes deeper than feeding upon those girls to survive.. Thomas confesses to Harry that he began to enjoy it. You don't just undo something like that, that's what is missing in my opinion, the struggle and Harry coming to terms or not with it.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 07, 2025, 02:25:46 AM --- ... Thomas confesses to Harry that he began to enjoy it. ...
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Satiating a hunger always feels good; that's a fundamental feedback loop of survival.
We mostly don't notice our breathing. But if you hold your breath until it's uncomfortable, that first breath feels amazing. The nice cool drink when hot & thirsty. The meal after building an appetite.
Of course Thomas enjoyed it!
Furthermore, the Naagloshi made sure that "enjoying it" was all he could do, that Thomas-the-man was weak and desperate and in pain, unable to muster the focus & willpower needed to stave off the Hunger; unable to feel remorse... until after the fact. Over and over: torment, relief, remorse, torment (note that's remarkably-similar to how Mab broke Lloyd Slate).
That's Thomas' reality, as a predator. It feels good. And he needs to be able to handle that.
Mira:
--- Quote ---That's Thomas' reality, as a predator. It feels good. And he needs to be able to handle that.
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That's the point though, remember the mirror image in the soul gaze? Sorry my cat is helping me type..
She is now out chasing butterflies. Anyway, in the soul gaze we saw the struggle between the human Thomas and the Hunger.
With the Skin Walker's help, the Hunger has won. No, it isn't like our breathing..
Dina:
I hope your cat is doing well :)
I think the Hunger won but it could be reverted. But he needs the chance to try, and things are more than complicated now.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Dina on June 08, 2025, 06:51:23 PM ---I hope your cat is doing well :)
I think the Hunger won but it could be reverted. But he needs the chance to try, and things are more than complicated now.
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Oh Mindy Mouser is doing very well! I have a touch screen and she likes to get between it and the key board purring madly fro attention, then because she touches the screen it goes crazy.
Yes, things are a lot more complicated for Thomas now.. Hopefully it will be a happy ending for Justine, Thomas, and baby..If there really is one.
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