Short chapter for once!
In this chapter Eragon learns what is probably going to be a Chekov’s skill. It is summoning the “true form of an object”. I’m not really sure why you would need to do this, or what purpose it could have. Especially since, as we see, it takes a lot of energy from a person to do so. Glaedr even says it’s of little practical value.
Apparently the spell is also one of those you do it or you don’t… and if you don’t you die.
Eragon wants to try to do this because he thinks it’ll help him defeat Galbatorix.
I don’t know why.
Eragon doesn’t know why either. Or perhaps Paolini doesn’t. know himself, really. I say this because when Glaedr asks why Eragon wants to know how to do it he responds with:
(What do we discover?)
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In this chapter Eragon learns what is probably going to be a Chekov’s skill. It is summoning the “true form of an object”. I’m not really sure why you would need to do this, or what purpose it could have. Especially since, as we see, it takes a lot of energy from a person to do so. Glaedr even says it’s of little practical value.
Apparently the spell is also one of those you do it or you don’t… and if you don’t you die.
Eragon wants to try to do this because he thinks it’ll help him defeat Galbatorix.
I don’t know why.
Eragon doesn’t know why either. Or perhaps Paolini doesn’t. know himself, really. I say this because when Glaedr asks why Eragon wants to know how to do it he responds with:
(What do we discover?)
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