"T'lan Imass strode forward from the surf...He turned to Silverfox and lowered himself to one knee in the surf." (Iphone page189-190)
I was under the impression that T'lan Imass couldn't make contact with water without risking dissolution. Looking at aome of the references there is the suggestion that dissolution by immersion in water may have an element of choice, I also found the following quote from DG - Hentos Ilm is speaking, having just appeared on the deck of the Silanda:
‘It’s said you can cross oceans,’ the mage muttered, frowning. Felisin
could see he was having trouble following the T’lan Imass’s statements.
So was she.
‘We can cross bodies of water,’ the female acknowledged. ‘But we can
only find our shapes on land.’
And this, seems like Siballe is not quite ready for dissolution yet it happens:
‘You once said that if you were thrown into the
sea, your soul would be freed. That oblivion would come to you. Is this
true?’
‘Yes.’
With one hand he lifted her from the ground, rose and walked to the
sea’s edge.
‘Wait! Teblor, wait! I do not understand!’
Karsa’s expression soured. ‘When I began this journey, I was young.
I believed in one thing. I believed in glory. I know now, ’Siballe, that
glory is nothing. Nothing. This is what I now understand.’
‘What else do you now understand, Karsa Orlong?’
‘Not much. Just one other thing. The same cannot be said for mercy.’
He raised her higher, then swung her body outward.
It struck the water in the shallows. And dissolved into a muddy
bloom, which the waves then swept away.
Discuss.
This post has been edited by Malaclypse: 04 September 2014 - 04:35 PM