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Something that's been playing at my mind for a bit is why does he automatically assume she ran away?  He knew that Vasher was watching her, and the best way for your enemy's plans to go down the drain (or at least have a major set-back) is to take away their best weapon.  What does he have going on that he thinks would make her run away?

I'm also still trying to figure out why they tortured the parrot...that was just so wrong.

MattD

I think that was mostly to show a character trait.  If you think about it the monkey was also tortured, so my thought has always been just that it's something he does... he gets bored with a pet so he tortures them.  I mean, it's implied that he can't keep animals around for long in the garden, and by the way it's said, I think that the animals never "run away".

Well, that's in giving it away to someone.  You can only give away a few breath to objects to command them... but the question is, can you use a command like "Hold breaths"?  If so, then you could apply them to a whole bunch of dolls and then retreave it...  If not, you'd have to tell them to do something, and then retreave them.  Just having the dolls hold your breaths though and then hide them until you want to retreave them... unless you can do a command like that, I don't think so.

The black market thing is an intresting idea, but I doubt it would be done.  Don't know though...

As for the breaths idea, I don't think it would work because if you were to do that I don't think you could get them back... then again, maybe you could.  I guess we'll have to wait and see...

I had wondered about Lightsong being an Idrian myself, but was thinking that it wouldn't work because they let their returned die.  However, for him to have been in the slums, that makes a lot of sense.  It explains how he was found, and like you said amyface why he hates the Iridescent tones.

I was just re-reading through the chapter where she was betrayed, and I noticed that this comment is there:

He couldn’t have died from sickness, she (Vivenna) realized.  Or from old age.  Austre!

Does that mean when someone has reached the third heightening or higher they become immortal themselves and aren't susceptible to everyday illnesses?

Personally, I'm not seeing a kid until the very end... if it's mentioned at all in the book.  (I'm kind of glad about the lack of super-personal time.  It's letting us readers get to know their love... and prove you can be in love without that.)

And I had never thought of how Susebron's death would effect the Iridescent Colors until you're post... *thinks*

I think that the death time is exactly as it's been stated, which is five years ago.  How else could Llarimar who knew him in life still be alive if he was the original God King or 300 years old?  No, he's exactly as he seems to be in that sense.  However, I can't help but feel there really is SOMETHING we're missing about him...

Has anyone thought about the idea of one of the band that works with Vivenna was the one that followed Vasher into Mercystar's palace?  I was just thinking about that... maybe a double agent...

thoughts?