Tol-in-Gaurhoth XXVI - Úcenite Valto

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by the phantom

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And later, she says “I promised you blood to sustain your precarious lives. And blood shall be spilt.” Notice she said she was about to spill blood to sustain "lives", not "life". If she spills the blood of one of her own WWs (kills them) she would be failing to sustain their "lives" with blood, for in the spilling one of the lives would be ended, not sustained.

But you ignore the past tense ... to me that indicates that although blood would be spilt as per promise the promise might not be as expected. This game has heavy Shalespearean overtones and promises from witches are not to be taken at face value as anyone who has read the Scottish play will know.... anyway it might be more constructive to concentrate on what the rest of you were saying...since there are so many plausible possible wolves .....