As far as I'm aware this has been the first book where we've seen "partial" salting. Where a limb or part of one, usually arms of legs is salted from contact instead of killing them.
Yes, we've seen "rinds" or skin damage from proximity to Chorae but not from direct hits.
Serwa survives a direct hit and only loses the arm? But before we've seen cases with those have especially deep Marks to start salting from just proximity. Surely a Mark like Serwa's should have left her dead after a direct hit to the arm rather than losing the limb?
In fact, in the first chapter of TDTCB, Achamian is essentially held at gunpoint by a Chorae above his
palm. Now, at 44 years of age at the start his Mark must have been pretty deep.
I made Chorae feel less dangerous seeing people survive them. Was there any explanation for this?
Following Serwa's example shouldn't
Kellhus have just got a salty leg?