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Inrau and the Cants of Compulsion
Wilshire:
The problem with 'temporary marks' is that we don't really see any of those either. When something is blasted with a Cant, it gets marked, even if it wasn't the intended target. See any description of a battlefield, especially in TJE and beyond. Akka (or Mim?) mentions that the trees bare the mark around his tower, and there are musings on the grounds post-battles (and even how anagogis and gnosis marks differ).
Not saying you're wrong, just putting the information out there.
MSJ:
There are no temporary marks, correct. And, for the life of me I can't see Akka working sorcery in a bar in Sumna..
I think it is just Inrau contemplating a dream on his way to the bar. So maybe a Can't of Calling were the receiver doesn't get a Mark.
TaoHorror:
This is likely simply an inconsistency, I think Akka was using sorcery to get him there. That said, could be this particular Cant doesn't directly impact the target - like affecting the stimuli around the subject which in effect draws the subject closer but is unmarked since it the sorcery didn't directly "touch" him ... lame, I know, but we sorta saw the same thing when Akka escaped captivity knocking something over which sent a spark into the chorae wielder's eye ( forget what it was, a brazier I think ) - not only did sorcery effect someone with chorae ( should be impossible, but proximate cause allowed it ), it probably didn't leave a mark as well.
Wilshire:
"...lame" was my exact thought lol.
Akka going Super-Seswatha when he breaks out does many things to the chorae bearers. Memorably, he collapse a whole floor on top of a group of Javrhe (spelling).
So yeah, one step removed is sufficient to avoid a chorae and therefore, I would guess, a mark.
TaoHorror:
--- Quote from: Wilshire on January 05, 2018, 11:55:07 pm ---"...lame" was my exact thought lol.
Akka going Super-Seswatha when he breaks out does many things to the chorae bearers. Memorably, he collapse a whole floor on top of a group of Javrhe (spelling).
So yeah, one step removed is sufficient to avoid a chorae and therefore, I would guess, a mark.
--- End quote ---
Well, that's my point ... my explanation is lame, but can't explain it any other way if it wasn't an inadvertent inconsistency or sorcery wasn't employed ( just don't find the he was dreaming while going to Akka compelling - off beat and somewhat complicated to artfully express that thinking we the readers would figure that out - if not for the discussion here about the "mark", don't think that avenue would've been explored - just does not read that way to me ).
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