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True Love's Protection
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: LaraBeck on January 22, 2026, 08:07:08 PM ---Yes, I imagine Murphy's shade faded away when Harry "let go" of her.
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I'm not done the book quite yet, so granted I might be wrong on this if there's confirmation I've yet to get to that Karrin's shade does just dissipate.
But I'd actually be kind of surprised if that's her fate. She seems like a *prime* recruit for Uriel's Shade PD, that Harry got a brief look at in Ghost Story. Working with the ghosts of her father and her old partner, staying in (albeit a very different theater of) the fight? I'd be surprised if she's not inducted already, and Harry's summonings were just pulling her away from working cases.
I could see her maybe ceasing to take Harry's calls anymore if she starts to think that contact is doing more harm than good to him, though.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on January 25, 2026, 03:13:34 PM ---I'm not done the book quite yet, so granted I might be wrong on this if there's confirmation I've yet to get to that Karrin's shade does just dissipate.
But I'd actually be kind of surprised if that's her fate. She seems like a *prime* recruit for Uriel's Shade PD, that Harry got a brief look at in Ghost Story. Working with the ghosts of her father and her old partner, staying in (albeit a very different theater of) the fight? I'd be surprised if she's not inducted already, and Harry's summonings were just pulling her away from working cases.
I could see her maybe ceasing to take Harry's calls anymore if she starts to think that contact is doing more harm than good to him, though.
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I think it's souls that work with Uriel, not shades or ghosts if they are souless.. It all gets very confusing.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 25, 2026, 04:43:33 PM --- I think it's souls that work with Uriel, not shades or ghosts if they are souless.. It all gets very confusing.
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I'm not properly sure whether Murphy pere or Carmichael were full souls or just shades, but Uriel certainly seemed to think he could use Sir Stuart. Wasn't he a shade? Mort said his retinue were shades, and almost any entity he encountered who thought it was the real person was just in denial.
Mira:
--- Quote ---I'm not properly sure whether Murphy pere or Carmichael were full souls or just shades, but Uriel certainly seemed to think he could use Sir Stuart. Wasn't he a shade? Mort said his retinue were shades, and almost any entity he encountered who thought it was the real person was just in denial.
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Yes, still confusing! At the end of Ghost Story when Harry thought he was moving on, if I remember correctly he thought he was going to his judgement.
Anyway, back to the true love thing, I just reread the part where Harry and Id Harry talk about why Lara didn't burn him when they kissed. Id Harry does question it and what true feelings really were. Nothing satisfactory.
edf:
I'm hoping that the True Love and other burning conditions get a more satisfactory explanation later.
My initial WAG is that the emotional residue left behind is what actually causes the burning. That's why a wedding ring can burn even if it hasn't been worn recently. It can soak up "love" like a certain shroud can soak up belief. Grief may actually burn out the feelings (literally lost love) while pining for someone helps renew it.
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