“After I complete the Spell of Ultimate Power, I’ll have the ability to bring Alek back. And I will. … I’m not asking anything from you. Just telling you that if I win, I’ll bring Alek back. That’s a promise.”
...the moment of the Sword touching Dolf’s skin, the wizard stopped, ceased to exist… as something seemed to flow away from the corpse toward the gears above the altar.
...he closed his eyes to sleep until the end of the world.
The logic of the Phoenix is that the Lord of Dark will resurrect everyone he can, including Dolf, so it isn’t murder.
I was thinking the same thing. The way Eliezer wrote that bit seemed to make it clear that something rather more than mere decapitation occurred there.
Though, actually spelling it out directly does end up sounding funny. “Well… I don’t know that cutting off his head with this sword would kill him… I mean, is it really reasonable for me to have expected that?” :)
I perceive that you have not yet learned to use the logic of the Phoenix.
Care to elaborate on that rather cryptic remark?
The logic of the Phoenix is that the Lord of Dark will resurrect everyone he can, including Dolf, so it isn’t murder.
logic of the phoenix?
No, this logic of the Phoenix. What makes you think cutting off someone’s head is murder?
“He died, but you have taught me a new meaning for ‘is dead’.” (From the same book.)
Not every decapitation is murder, but “the wizard stopped, ceased to exist...as something seemed to flow away” is suggestive.
I was thinking the same thing. The way Eliezer wrote that bit seemed to make it clear that something rather more than mere decapitation occurred there.
Hm, so it does. Well, if Hirou had no way of knowing that, then it’s manslaughter at worst.
Though, actually spelling it out directly does end up sounding funny. “Well… I don’t know that cutting off his head with this sword would kill him… I mean, is it really reasonable for me to have expected that?” :)
(Actually, I thought I’d deleted the “ceased to exist” phrase. I’ll go ahead and take it out.)
I figured that Vhazhar really wouldn’t be able to save Dolf. That’s why it’s a sacrifice.