tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088837105316583907.post216623336420893846..comments2023-10-22T01:49:41.698-07:00Comments on Puppy Of The Month Book Club: Swan Knight’s Son: Chapter FourJonMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705424889025942210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088837105316583907.post-204949813939663092016-12-12T02:49:43.695-08:002016-12-12T02:49:43.695-08:00It is a common idea in most myths and legends that...It is a common idea in most myths and legends that only humans can play with language. It is their power as rational agents. Most otherwordly creatures are bounded by speech as if it were magic. So you have creatures that cannot lie (although they may try to spin language to its utmost extreme,) beasts or demons with a secret name that can control them, and so on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00400083349822988496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088837105316583907.post-9272877158200467602016-12-10T14:09:11.813-08:002016-12-10T14:09:11.813-08:00>Gil finds his Obi-Wan, but in keeping with his...>Gil finds his Obi-Wan, but in keeping with his gift of animal gab, Gil’s mentor turns out to be a one-eyed bear named Bruno.<br /><br />Something important: Gil <i><b>names</b></i> the bear Bruno; his prerogative as a Son of Adam to a beast.<br /><br />Perhaps elves cannot name beasts, or if they can, perhaps the name a human (or part-human at least) would override?<br /><br />I have no idea what Mr. Wright is going to do in later books, but that is a question I would be interested in seeing the resolution to.D.J. Schrefflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15188340536138859314noreply@blogger.com