Aug-23-2015, 08:52 AM (UTC)
Welcome, solarus!
Good questions. This might sound a bit gloomy, but I almost feel like by the end of this book both Fitz and the Fool have taken a step in their respective "magical paths" that they can't undo and that will take them to their ultimate destiny/end. Like previously there's been a certain amount of control, or balance, or ability to hang back. Like they've been travelling on a river that has a huge waterfall and they've now reached the point where the water flows too quickly and you can't turn back? Robin has often said that the germ for Assassin's Apprentice was the thought "what if magic was addictive and that addiction was destructive?" And while both of them have the strong motive of avenging Bee and destroying Clerres to justify travelling through the pillars and using dragon blood, there's always a price for using magic in this world.
I'll add another question. Why does it seem that Fitz can Skill-heal other folks in the same way as previously (it's taxing but nothing more than that) but if he does that to the Fool, some of the affliction seems to physically move to him? Is that related to the whole "sharing the essence" thing? Couldn't he just Skil-heal it off himself? And did Fitz accidentally give the Fool a little bit of his eyesight there at the very end, because he mentions his vision going a bit fuzzy or something?
Good questions. This might sound a bit gloomy, but I almost feel like by the end of this book both Fitz and the Fool have taken a step in their respective "magical paths" that they can't undo and that will take them to their ultimate destiny/end. Like previously there's been a certain amount of control, or balance, or ability to hang back. Like they've been travelling on a river that has a huge waterfall and they've now reached the point where the water flows too quickly and you can't turn back? Robin has often said that the germ for Assassin's Apprentice was the thought "what if magic was addictive and that addiction was destructive?" And while both of them have the strong motive of avenging Bee and destroying Clerres to justify travelling through the pillars and using dragon blood, there's always a price for using magic in this world.
I'll add another question. Why does it seem that Fitz can Skill-heal other folks in the same way as previously (it's taxing but nothing more than that) but if he does that to the Fool, some of the affliction seems to physically move to him? Is that related to the whole "sharing the essence" thing? Couldn't he just Skil-heal it off himself? And did Fitz accidentally give the Fool a little bit of his eyesight there at the very end, because he mentions his vision going a bit fuzzy or something?
"Green nubs on the dry sticks of the clematis promised that the appearance of death was not death itself." - Ship of Destiny
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