The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Twelve Months, chapter one
Dina:
I would like a short story about the cleaning system realizing there was a fire that could not been stopped and making the decision of saving as many small items as they can, knowing that the Za-Lord would appreciate that. Harry repaid them with pizza and some extra bread and milk or whatever. It's only he had no time to write it in the Files.
BTW, perhaps that tells us when Harry is writing the Files. He would not write them while he has his cleaning service because that would be a risk, what if that is considered telling? He cannot tell anyone about them.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Dina on November 13, 2025, 11:40:29 AM ---I would like a short story about the cleaning system realizing there was a fire that could not been stopped and making the decision of saving as many small items as they can, knowing that the Za-Lord would appreciate that. Harry repaid them with pizza and some extra bread and milk or whatever. It's only he had no time to write it in the Files.
BTW, perhaps that tells us when Harry is writing the Files. He would not write them while he has his cleaning service because that would be a risk, what if that is considered telling? He cannot tell anyone about them.
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The thing is, Harry never says it's his old clock. Could be, could be that it was salvaged and stored by maybe Mab who knew Harry was only mostly dead. Or was kept by someone wanting a keepsake, i.e. Molly because she thinks he is dead, or even Murphy. Or because he identifies with the Micky Mouse clock for what ever reason, or just likes them, Harry bought a new one. However whether it is the original or not, isn't all that important.
KurtinStGeorge:
Just a head's up, I'm not putting spoilers on anything.
One statement; well actually two, that Harry makes that I found interesting was Harry's understanding or need to maintain a schedule to keep some kind of grip on himself. I think this can come from two sources. One was how Harry fell apart after Susan was infected by the Red Court. Harry was a complete mess at the beginning and through much of Summer Knight. He doesn't want to fall into that pattern again. The second source that drives Harry is he is a father and recognizes his responsibility to Maggie, but he has also taken on other responsibilities as a protector of people around him. Being the Wizard of Chicago, whatever that will come to mean. I know from my own experience that focusing on a job at hand, putting food on the table and carrying out other responsibilities; while it doesn't help you heal from a tragedy, it can help prevent you from sliding further into despair, at least to a degree.
The second statement was that Harry recognizes that he will heal because he has done so before. At the same time, even though Harry knows he will recover, it doesn't make what he is going through any easier. Grief, and beating yourself up, wondering about what you could have done differently, are an incredible bitch to get through, as many of you know. Harry doesn't wonder what he could have done differently in this chapter, but he always does that and there is no reason to think he won't do so again.
For those reasons I found this chapter to be spot on. About the alarm clock, there are multiple possible answers to that one. He bought a new one, someone else got Harry a new one, the old one had been down in the basement lab and without thinking Harry threw it in with his other stuff that he buried in Lea's garden, the when police and FBI invaded his place in Changes. In fact, Lea should have returned all of that other stuff to Harry by now. It's a very small issue, both literally and figurately, to concern me.
Side note: I have a feeling we may get another chapter or two pre-released before the book arrives. Jim is pretty good at writing set up chapters that won't spoil the rest of the book if you read them early. I won't be surprised if these preview chapters end just before Harry's first date with Lara. I remember that for Cold Days we received several early release chapters the ended just before Harry's birthday party started in Arctis Tor.
Dina:
I agree with all your statements.
Mira:
--- Quote ---One statement; well actually two, that Harry makes that I found interesting was Harry's understanding or need to maintain a schedule to keep some kind of grip on himself. I think this can come from two sources. One was how Harry fell apart after Susan was infected by the Red Court. Harry was a complete mess at the beginning and through much of Summer Knight. He doesn't want to fall into that pattern again. The second source that drives Harry is he is a father and recognizes his responsibility to Maggie, but he has also taken on other responsibilities as a protector of people around him. Being the Wizard of Chicago, whatever that will come to mean. I know from my own experience that focusing on a job at hand, putting food on the table and carrying out other responsibilities; while it doesn't help you heal from a tragedy, it can help prevent you from sliding further into despair, at least to a degree.
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I think your last sentence is more to the point, any one of us who has been though the experience knows this. The world moves on whether one likes it or not, and isn't going to wait on you. You either keep going or be left behind, it may not help you heal from a tragedy, but it gives you something else to hang on to besides your pain and that helps.
--- Quote ---The second statement was that Harry recognizes that he will heal because he has done so before. At the same time, even though Harry knows he will recover, it doesn't make what he is going through any easier. Grief, and beating yourself up, wondering about what you could have done differently, are an incredible bitch to get through, as many of you know. Harry doesn't wonder what he could have done differently in this chapter, but he always does that and there is no reason to think he won't do so again.
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Still early in the process, it is a bitch to get through, and can still rear it's ugly head years later. However as time goes on, it gets easier to cope with what happened and hopefully forgive himself and the dead. So yeah, I also expect Harry will have PTSD flashbacks until the end of the series, but as he heals he will finally accept to some degree.
--- Quote ---For those reasons I found this chapter to be spot on. About the alarm clock, there are multiple possible answers to that one. He bought a new one, someone else got Harry a new one, the old one had been down in the basement lab and without thinking Harry threw it in with his other stuff that he buried in Lea's garden, the when police and FBI invaded his place in Changes. In fact, Lea should have returned all of that other stuff to Harry by now. It's a very small issue, both literally and figurately, to concern me.
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Totally agree.
--- Quote ---Side note: I have a felling we may get another chapter or two preleased before the book arrives. Jim is pretty good at writing set up chapters that won't spoil the rest of the book if you read them early. I won't be surprised if these preview chapters end just before Harry's first date with Lara. I remember that for Cold Days we received several early release chapters the ended just before Harry's birthday party started in Arctis Tor.
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I think what will ultimately make or break the relationship is how Lara handles Harry's grief. It's more complicated then you think, good intentions are not enough, timing is important, where the person on the scale of the receiving end of the process is important, and what may seem like the right thing to say or do for someone, could be taken totally wrong by the one grieving.. Conversely Lara may have to cut Harry a lot more slack than she is used to, because his responses may not seem rational, could even be offensive.
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