Thread:Ursuul/@comment-30270234-20170705114048/@comment-30270234-20170706135547

It's just an idea, something I failed to make it clear, born from my dislike of the alternative - Murphy on her way out. And I am not even sure we can tip the balance one way or the other (there is not enough info to decide which way things will be going).

Got to thank you to point out that perhaps the swords are not that tipping point I may have made them to be; so perhaps there will be no crutches for Murphy, and still she goes out.

Jeez, this is even a bigger cliffhanger that I realized; it might be that Peace Talks and Mirror Mirror are way more difficult to write than the series has been thus far.

Also Dresden able to pull a death curse without dying, is just an idea, linked to him losing all restraints out of Murphy's death, real or perceived. Magic, pain, hurt, sanity are all going to explode in something apocaliptic that will leave little or nothing unscathed, Dresden included, though there may be enough left for him to be still alive, just barely; his mind twisted, his life almost over, his abilities grandly reduced.