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This page further supports my theory that the ring was to magically control him.

I suspected the ring wouldn’t be immediately smashed. Something would come up or be said/thought to prevent the rings destruction by the possessor, because it obviously has a self protection part of the spell. There will probably be a whole bunch of different reasons Owings will come up with to not destroy it, all stemming from it’s hold over him. “Do Not ssSmash Me……Do Not ssSmash The Precious…….”

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“I’ll stay close while you’re out”? Close to what? I don’t really get what he means by that.

The “constant mental contact” they were talking about on page 15.

Hm, “I’ll stay in touch” or something like that might have made that clearer?

I think “stay close” only means that the physical distance between two persons should not be allowed to be too big.

That’s the point, in a way – a morphus and their companion are never really separated if they don’t want to be, and he’s using that wording to emphasize that, as a comfort. “Close” can also refer to emotional/metaphorical distance (as in “close friends” or the idea of keeping someone or something “close to your heart”), and he intends the word to evoke some of that meaning, too.

Thanks for the input. The morphus/companion mindset can take some getting used to – we’ll try to keep that in mind when it comes to writing out their communication quirks as the story goes on.

Tamuran

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