Pop quiz: What is the first thing that makes Perrin hate his axe? (It’s something I’ve always found very interesting about him.)
It’s not Whitecloaks, though that’s a good guess. Perrin thinks if the ravens attack, he’ll kill Egwene & save her from a worse death.
Ah, I’d forgotten about that. Elyas goading him about it didn’t help either, as I recall.
Yes, Elyas all but taunted the truth out of him.
Regarding how Elyas goads Perrin in that scene: I’m sure he knew exactly what Perrin was thinking, and wanted to make him confront it.
Well, yeah. Perrin didn’t say anything about what he was thinking. Elyas said it all, exactly what he was thinking.
Both his true motivations—choosing her death—and the motivations he feared (which were stupid, of course).
No. Elyas claims that he thinks Perrin hates Egwene. Which is dead wrong, and Elyas knew it.
Right, that’s what I was saying. Both his true motivations and the stupid ones. Elyas mocks him for the latter.
And then spells out what he really wanted: ‘One clean blow of your axe, or the way the animals we saw today died?’
It’s not that Perrin was thinking he hated her. He was hating himself for wanting to help her, which was dumb.
Which of course led to a philosophical conversation similar to Second Amendment debates. Which was ongoing, of course.
Did the axe make Perrin more likely to kill? Than before? Than with the hammer? What about the sword, and the spear?
I see it as Elyas very blatantly pointing out the flaw in Perrin’s logic. He didn’t hate her—that was exactly the flaw.
Didn’t hate her, but he hated the axe, and that was a good thing. Never stopped. (Another good cover @torbooks)
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