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DF Spoilers / Re: Uriel's Seven Words, So Who is the Liar?
« on: October 30, 2023, 04:43:26 PM »What is confusing is Mab was twisting the rules when she said that Harry was hers to control. Uriel called her on it. Even more confusing, what he said she said was, "Lies." I think the better argument would be is, why? To make Harry feel better? Okay, so archangels can lie, because Uriel was lying when he in effect said that Mab was lying...
I think a mask is different from taking an alias, Odin for example is Kringle when he is wearing that mask, so it is a valid alias and not a lie. If Odin claimed to be the Easter Bunny for example it would be different. Or she is trying to do what Eb warned Harry about in Changes.. "Try to lie.." Trying to lie isn't the same as actually lying is it? Mab the scammer was able to convince Harry that she could control him and change who he is.. Remember one can deceive without lying. Yes, the smartest people get things wrong, but in this case I doubt that Mab was merely mistaken... Uriel didn't say mistaken, he said, "lies."
I also think that Mab is a very good lawyer, in other words she is very good at finding loopholes..
Yes Mab is trying to be deceptive. She wants a compliant Knight and that was just the start of a campaign to train Harry. He's extremely valuable to her. Mab spent months in that cave on Demonreach to save Harry. She's not going to let that kind of investment run loose.
But Uriel was not speaking to counter Mab. He's not allowed to! His seven words are a direct counter to Lasciel's lie that made Harry lose hope and commit suicide. If Lasciel hadn't spoken to Harry in Changes, and he still came up with the Kincaid plan, Uriel wouldn't have been allowed to speak his seven words. Because he's Uriel, the words he chose also had the best possible effect toward bolstering Harry's resolve against Mab's control. And the Harry they get from it is better for both Mab's and Uriel's purposes.