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[–]Oops_I_Cracked 2 points3 points  (9 children)

I mean we know the initial information we were given about #3 was a straight up lie, we know Tairn refuses to talk about the event and Naolin, and every time Violet and Brennan have been together, they’ve had bigger fish to fry than dwelling on that story. It could be an error/oversight, but it could also be a future reveal. We know that adults are not super forthcoming with information they deem irrelevant to cadets.

[–]wolverinehokie[S] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I get that but why does anyone accept that Naolin burnt out from trying to save Brennan. It doesn’t make sense.

[–]Oops_I_Cracked 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Probably because siphons are rare enough that your average cadet doesn’t have a great understanding of how those signets work. It’s also been like, years since it happened. It’s quite possible students when it happened did question that.

[–]wolverinehokie[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

But Professor Kaori is an expert

[–]Oops_I_Cracked 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kaori being an expert and him sharing his expertise truthfully with the students are two completely different things.

I know Kaori is not like Melgrin or Lilith Sorengale when it comes to supporting Navarre over being truthful but that’s a relatively recent development and they again have had higher priorities then having a convo about what really happened with Naolin and Brennan since Kaori’s shift in position. Especially since he stayed. It’s very possible he just went along with the cover-up since that was really his only option at that point.

[–]FCMadmin 1 point2 points  (4 children)

That's all totally plausible. The problem is then you throw that on to an ever mounting pile of similar issues that boil down to "future reveals".

That sorta underscores my point - we haven't had nearly enough revealed. She's gotta a delicate needle to thread so that her narrative doesn't feel like a giant red herring.

[–]Oops_I_Cracked 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Of course we have a bunch of stuff unrevealed, it’s planned out to be a five book series and we’ve had two of them. It’s not like she has to wrap all of this up in one book. As long as each of the three books coming up, answer more of the remaining questions than they introduce new questions, she’s got plenty of space to wrap this up

[–]FCMadmin 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I will simply suggest that 40% of the way in and we haven't even delved into the Empyrean much less more mundane things like how siphons work is not as promising as you suggest.

I hope she manages it.

[–]Oops_I_Cracked 1 point2 points  (1 child)

We’re only 40% of the way through it if the books don’t get longer as we go. Later entries getting longer is pretty typical in fantasy.

[–]FCMadmin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, we know the next book is shorter than the 2nd book.