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It might just be my OCD... Phelix Send a noteboard - 31/12/2009 05:56:11 PM
Lets say 3am, some would call it early morning, others last night. Working night shift, the distinction really blurs.


Why would Egwene think of the same event as two different times of day? She was rescued after the Seanchan attack sometime later in the evening/night, and she would have had to wait until the exhaustion wore off before she could channel again (let alone the Forkroot), so 3am does make sense, as a time.

I am still unsure why she would think of it as "earlier that morning" at one point, and "last night" at another. A person doesn't generally change their internal narrative of their recent past... I think. It just doesn't click for me.


Working nights does that to you. I might switch 3 or 4 times withought realising it.


but when I worked nights, I made a point to make sure that I was referring to times clearly. My father, on the other hand, works Swing Shift, and starts his day at around 3am... he calls it morning, simply because that's when he got out of bed. "Night" is everything during and before he got into bed.

Meh... I guess I could be putting too much of my own experience onto the character.
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It does, but it still feels weak. Phelix - 30/12/2009 08:31:56 PM 429 Views
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It might just be my OCD... Phelix - 31/12/2009 05:56:11 PM 424 Views
Re: Egwene Timeline issue lyringlas - 30/12/2009 07:45:57 PM 518 Views
If she were maneuvering I would expect some internal monologue about it. Phelix - 30/12/2009 08:34:26 PM 561 Views
Re: If she were maneuvering I would expect some internal monologue about it. lyringlas - 30/12/2009 08:38:37 PM 403 Views
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