Anyway, back to the chapter. I planned from the beginning for Sarene to give Raoden this vital bit of information about the magic system. As I’ve said before, she represents chaos—and chaos isn’t always a bad thing. She is able to give Raoden the one simple bit of information that, despite all of his studying, he hasn’t been able to find.
I worry, now that we have the map, that the Chasm answer is too obvious. Jeff made the Chasm a lot bigger than I intended it to be. And, since we zoomed in on the map so much, the Chasm dominates a large section of what we see.
Fortunately, I think it’s the very next Triad where Raoden figures out how to use Sarene’s bit of information. We don’t have to wait long for him to figure out the secret—so, hopefully, if the readers figure it out, they won’t feel Raoden is too stupid for taking so long.
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