Jan-31-2013, 02:39 AM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Jan-31-2013, 02:41 AM (UTC) by Farseer.)
Glad to have you here as often as you'd like, londonlassie! 
I have a few Wintrow and Kennity things I actually want to chat about, too, but time is stopping me...and I daren't post a* thing* these days lest those beings known as 'thul decide to quarter and burn me by a mischosen word! 
Like AQ, TM and (or so I expect) BoD, Ship of Destiny brings so many threads together, and adds more mystery at the same time. I love it!
Right...onto the matter at hand...that the words were spoken to Etta as a whisper (as I recall?), that Kennit's face was quite hidden at the time (I think his head was down or flopping about on his chest?) *and* that he was bringing up blood at the time (which would make speech rather difficult, whisper or no), I believe it was the charm speaking here, and not Kennit.
While Etta may have *thought* that the words were Kennit's and desperate due to the fact that Kennit thought that he would die, and so had to say these things to Etta while he could, I believe that the *charm* spoke them desperately because he knew that Kennit was going to die, and thus the chance to speak with Etta would be lost...otherwise he would have to reveal himself to her if it chose to speak to her directly after Kennit's death.
Of course, there are later times when Etta 'recalls things' from Kennit or 'hears his voice' but, from her perspective, it is 'as though he were still there', so she doesn't believe it is actually speech that she is hearing, but Kennit resounding in her thoughts and memories. I believe, though, that it is really the charm whispering to her.
It will be interesting to find out if the charm makes itself fully known to Paragon (Ludluck), in the same vein as the charm in 'The Inheritance' made itself known to Cerise. By blood it will be his and so I imagine it will make itself known to him, and be bonded to him also.
More to add on this re Wintrow but, is that the time?? Gotta go!
I have a few Wintrow and Kennity things I actually want to chat about, too, but time is stopping me...and I daren't post a* thing* these days lest those beings known as 'thul decide to quarter and burn me by a mischosen word! Like AQ, TM and (or so I expect) BoD, Ship of Destiny brings so many threads together, and adds more mystery at the same time. I love it!
Right...onto the matter at hand...that the words were spoken to Etta as a whisper (as I recall?), that Kennit's face was quite hidden at the time (I think his head was down or flopping about on his chest?) *and* that he was bringing up blood at the time (which would make speech rather difficult, whisper or no), I believe it was the charm speaking here, and not Kennit.
While Etta may have *thought* that the words were Kennit's and desperate due to the fact that Kennit thought that he would die, and so had to say these things to Etta while he could, I believe that the *charm* spoke them desperately because he knew that Kennit was going to die, and thus the chance to speak with Etta would be lost...otherwise he would have to reveal himself to her if it chose to speak to her directly after Kennit's death.
Of course, there are later times when Etta 'recalls things' from Kennit or 'hears his voice' but, from her perspective, it is 'as though he were still there', so she doesn't believe it is actually speech that she is hearing, but Kennit resounding in her thoughts and memories. I believe, though, that it is really the charm whispering to her.
It will be interesting to find out if the charm makes itself fully known to Paragon (Ludluck), in the same vein as the charm in 'The Inheritance' made itself known to Cerise. By blood it will be his and so I imagine it will make itself known to him, and be bonded to him also.
More to add on this re Wintrow but, is that the time?? Gotta go!
"I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves."
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