It's just that it can be difficult to explain and expect others to see enough evidence to change their minds. As for laziness, while it is true I did not dig my books out of storage to reference for this discussion, the degree to which I am or am not lazy (and it is quite a bit) has no bearing on my opinion. I've actually participated in this discussion a few times before in my years amongst these web denizens. I must say, it is rare to meet someone who believes balefired objects affect time. Most people accept that the secondary effect of balefire is limited to living things. But you're perfectly entitled to your opinion. It is a difficult thing to declare either way definitively without a direct explanation from the now deceased author himself.



Actually, your bolded sentence repeats my argument almost word for word. I said "the circumstances result from the threads of the boatmen being burned back combined with the damage to the boat". The damage to the boat simultaneously combined with the boatmen being balefired is what allowed the water to rush in. If Moghedien had missed all the people on the boat, but still cut the boat in half with balefire, time would not have been affected and water would have flowed in at a normal rate. I'm sure you disagree, but that's because you don't perceive the same limits to balefire that I do.



Again, I don't think there's anything I can say to dissuade you from your opinion. We each interpret the "physics" of the boat incident differently. And the same is true of the situation with the archer and the dead man. I don't believe that the boat scene can be used to definitively prove your argument. Our understanding of the science of balefire is just not the same.