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Post by Refugee on Dec 15, 2016 14:44:48 GMT
I think the skeleton, the physical bones, is irrelevant now. Annie's in the etheric zone, and Jeane's squeeze will be as well.
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Post by autumnrook on Dec 15, 2016 15:44:41 GMT
Random thought I had while reading this: I wonder if Annie's etheric cut will heal after this is all over.
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Post by atteSmythe on Dec 15, 2016 16:10:58 GMT
It's probably artistic licence that's going on here. Or else, um, the etheric energy of the arrow was slowing down the decay process significantly, so even after hundreds of years there was still some organic material to hold the bones together. He still had some hair on his skull and his pants weren't completely rotted away. I know there are much older bog bodies with hair and clothing, but I don't think that is normal for a body immersed in flowing water. Jeanne's real body is also unusual because her clothing didn't rot away. Polyester. Does the Court's treachery know no bounds? |
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Post by Fen on Dec 15, 2016 17:38:34 GMT
It's probably artistic licence that's going on here. Or else, um, the etheric energy of the arrow was slowing down the decay process significantly, so even after hundreds of years there was still some organic material to hold the bones together. He still had some hair on his skull and his pants weren't completely rotted away. I know there are much older bog bodies with hair and clothing, but I don't think that is normal for a body immersed in flowing water. Jeanne's real body is also unusual because her clothing didn't rot away. It could also just be that his bones had settled there, but so tenuously that even the little disturbance of the arrow removal was enough to send them tumbling. That happens surprisingly often - I go walking next to rivers a lot, and you'll often see, like, branches and sticks floating against the banks where the water's just a fragment calmer than everywhere else, or caught on just a few blades of grass or something. And they'll stay there for months. But then even the ripples of wading into the water at the opposite bank will be enough to dislodge them and send them off. It's really quite weird. Also, the Coyote Tooth is still an unshot Chekhov's gun. I hope nothing is going to happen that requires Parley to wield it. Also also, I was disappointed the thread title wasn't "yoink".  |
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Post by torontoregonian on Dec 15, 2016 20:06:42 GMT
I'm reminded of the way Tom deftly avoided showing Anthony's right hand until it was established that he'd lopped it off and turned it into the Etheric Hand-tenna of Doom. I wonder what horrible revelation Greeny McRiverbottom has in HIS hand...
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Post by keef on Dec 15, 2016 22:52:47 GMT
Oh! The skeleton being swept away by the river makes sense. Thanks, guys - I was struggling to parse the action in this one. Actually, it doesn't. Skeletons have nothing to hold their bones together. There is something else going on here. |
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