Ok. Am I alone (well, no, because Elf and I discussed it and feel the same) in thinking that the whole passage in #11 is just about Gen's feeling of having had a nearly mortal wound that was very painful, and not about the effects of the Gift at all? I read it as just his feelings about almost being killed. I never got the impression that it was because he'd been made immortal by bearing the Gift that kept him from dying, there, but just the fact that it wasn't really a mortal wound after all. I just don't know...I am waffling...sitting on the fence...etc. He stole the Gift, so it wasn't given to him. He was bearing it, so it should have made him immortal. If you choose to think the gods allowed him to steal the Gift, say, gave it to him, then why was his living an offence to them? And the magus took the Gift from Gen, so he should have died, but then Gen stole it back from him, so Gen should've died. You see what I mean? *throws hands up in air*
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Date: 1/30/10 01:42 am (UTC)I AM NOT WORTHY!!!!!