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In the first chapter, Corabb Bhilan Thenu'alas finds a toad and eats it. While that's happening, this conversation passes between Corabb and Leoman:
L: "You will have strange dreams, Corabb, eating those."
C: "Spirit dreams, yes. They do not frighten me, Commander. Except for all the feathers."
What does Corabb mean by "except for all the feathers?" He can't be talking about the toad he is eating, right? Does he see birds in his dreams?
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What Feathers?
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Posted 23 March 2023 - 11:43 AM
Could just be a throwaway joke line?
"Fortune favors the bold, though statistics favor the cautious." - Indomitable Courteous (Icy) Fist, The Palace Job - Patrick Weekes
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
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Posted 23 March 2023 - 01:27 PM
Tsundoku, on 23 March 2023 - 11:43 AM, said:
Could just be a throwaway joke line?
This. Corabb is tripping.
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Posted 23 March 2023 - 05:23 PM
Also, feathers in dream symbolism usually represent protection or ascension. So it is probably a witty reference by Erikson to Corabb being protected by Oponn, having insane amounts of luck in duels as if being cushioned from harm by a big pack of feathers.
Yesterday, upon the stair, I saw a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. Oh, how I wish he'd go away.
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