EQ Readthrough: Issue 2, Raid at Sorrow's End

[elf]

LINK: Issue 2: Raid at Sorrow's End
Questions for this issue:

• What did you find most interesting about the trip through the desert?
• How could the raid have been prevented? What would have changed?
• What did you think of the display of healing powers?

Main OQR post with prompt questions
Note: These aren't mandatory questions; they're meta prompts. If you don't care for any of them, or want to tangent from them to some other topic, that's fine too.

Comments

[elf]

Ooh, I like that.

I suppose I can also understand, if she's working with a level of damage she rarely sees, it was difficult for her. Perhaps the thrown-back-head pose works better for concentration, or aligning the energies, or whatever. But yes, it very much looks like she's showing off, and her status as Important Magic Person in the village implies that she'd be prone to that type of display.

[dancing_serpent]

The more I think about it...I'm pretty sure now that she's showing off. I remember later situations, where Leetah herself reflects on her status as Important Magic Person and comes to the conclusion that she was too proud and self-centered.

Also, later healing scenes are very different - there's an painful urgency in her expression and she keeps her eyes on the patient as if to monitor her progress visually, too. And she does arrive at a point where her powers get challenged, while at first she never even seems to consider that she might not be able to heal someone.