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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Warbreaker Error?
« on: June 24, 2009, 12:19:47 AM »
Something about Warbreaker has been bothering me, in the "It doesn't really matter, but I need to tell someone, otherwise I might explode" kind of way. This thread looks like a place where it might fit in, so I'll try here:
One mechanic in Warbreaker is how Breath transfer is all or nothing. The characters themselves make a large number of references to this throughout the book. However, there appears to be a work around, in that if a character puts some (not all) of their breaths into an object, then give away his or her breaths, the character can still reclaim the breath in the object. This allows them to give away a fraction of their total breath, rather than all of it. This does take place in the book, but the way the characters talk, it doesn't feel like they are aware of this possibility.
One mechanic in Warbreaker is how Breath transfer is all or nothing. The characters themselves make a large number of references to this throughout the book. However, there appears to be a work around, in that if a character puts some (not all) of their breaths into an object, then give away his or her breaths, the character can still reclaim the breath in the object. This allows them to give away a fraction of their total breath, rather than all of it. This does take place in the book, but the way the characters talk, it doesn't feel like they are aware of this possibility.