Some other small notes. First, the proverb about the Lion. It’s actually a Korean proverb, one which always stood out to me because it was almost identical to our proverb ‘Speak the name of the devil, and he will appear,’ referring to someone who arrives right when you were talking about them. The Korean version says “If you say the name of the tiger, he will appear.” I embellished this a bit with use of my handy creative licence, and you get what we have here.
Actaully, from what I’ve seen, you’d be surpised at how many proverbs span cultures. They may sound a little different, but the meanings are often very similar.
And, in Kaise’s ‘Why did YOU have to get sick,’ line, you can see a remnant of the cut scene I talked about in the last Sarene chapter. Kaise and Daorn were supposed to be able to go with Sarene into the city, and when I got to this scene, I thought I’d forgotten to add them. So, I came up with the sickness excuse. This was actually an error on my part, since this triad is actually happening several days after the last triad, and the twins got their permission to go with Sarene for the ‘next day.’ Therefore, their trip into Elantris would have happened during the intervening days.
Kaise’s comment, however, seemed like a nice little nod to things happening in the world off-stage. Things like this give a nice feel to a book, so I left it in—despite the fact that the original scene it was tied to got cut early on.
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