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Originally Posted by Aiwendil
Of course, for those very reasons, one could ask whether anything is really to be gained by adding them. If we view them simply as longer-winded ways of saying what's already less explicitly said in the Narn, then adding them adds nothing of substance to the text (one could argue that it adds something of literary quality to the text, but this is of course question-begging).
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While I do agree with your "three arguments," this was actually my main concern. Apologies if that wasn't clear.