But what I DID get to ask, was this: Can a person who hasn’t actively channeled yet be severed or stilled?
Jordan’s response (paraphrased) “No, you have to have something to take away something, so a person has to have an active connection to the Source to be able to have it cut.”
Oh, the mayhem I can have with this little nugget.
small: This explains why the Reds haven’t summarily tried to gentle every boy at birth or every man by 30.
big: If it takes an active link to the Source to slow, or to be stilled, then what about all those other attributes that sul’dam gain with use of the a’dam ? Where do they come from? How did they get there?
bigger: Is it possible that those attributes are NOT directly linked to the Source? Could it be merely the exposure to the One Power that gives sul’dam that ability? What about a Warder? Could a same-sex non-channeling warder develop those attributes over time?
I need sleep now, I’ll ponder this more later.
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