TC's last words

[wayfriend]

[A Gunslinger]

[TheWormoftheWorld'sEnd]

[Ur Dead]

Another question on what TC said.

What if Covenant was brought back to physical life without remembering his time while being the Timewarden.
What if Linden used so much power that it cause TC not to remember?

He could be reacting to the point where Foul has blasted him and suddenly he not in Mt. Thunder anymore and he's a bit shocked.
He may have said it as an amazement.

But we won't really know until AATE.
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[Kil Tyme]

Maybe he is simply confused, as in "What have you done, I wasn't paying attention."

[earthbrah]

Kil Tyme wrote:

[aliensporebomb]

Chiming in - she woke up the worm of the world's end.

Which means she'll need to use even more power to try
to fight that particular being and she'll rive the arch of time
to rubble. Rubble!
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[wayfriend]

I just realized that if TC is the Time Warden, who can see all of history, then he must have known that Linden would resurrect him.

I wonder if that changes anything in how we interpret this.
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[jwaneeta]

[Usivius]

[ParanoiA]

[shadowbinding shoe]

[Fuzzy_Logic]

I see two possibilities: Either, Covenant expected to aid her as a spiritual being, and had no idea that his resurrection was even possible. Or, more likely, he's referring to one of her *other* big decisions on the way.

Note also that I didn't read his "what have you done?" as saying she was *wrong*, merely that whatever she did will have catastrophically bad consequences. But these books are about hard choices. He can pity the price she paid, the depths she was driven to, even if she actually made the right call.

Personally, I think reviving Covenant *was* the right call precisely because it seems wrong. Yes, Lord Foul is probably thrilled, but remember: the kind of manipulation that Foul loves tends ot come back against him. he loves to trick people and make their efforts for good result in evil, so the way to defeat him is often ot go along with him. In the Second chrons, he wanted Covenant to give hi the ring, and when Covenant finally did what Foul wanted, Foul lost. Similarly, I have no doubt that Linden has acted for the most part exactly as Foul wanted-- but that doesn't mean she won't beat him in the end.

[wayfriend]

[Brasidas]

Well whatever TC actually means (and I don't think he's going to get a happy answer!) it's definitely a 'leave em begging for more' scenario on a par with Runes' last line:

'The other stranger was unmistakably Thomas Covenant.'

For my money the most thrilling end to any book I can think of!
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[Pharinet]

While I think all of the possibilities discussed here have merit (and are very entertaining), isn't it just possible that he could mean it in a kind of..."Whoa...I didn't know you could do that? Holy crap, that was amazing" kind of way? Kind of like when someone shows us a magic trick...the first thing many people ask is, "How did you do that!?" Well, maybe TC is having a similar reaction.

I doubt it, but I had to throw it out there as a possibility. I'd probably be pretty darn disappointed if that was all he meant.

Because I will drive myself crazy until I know the truth, I'm going with my 'theory' that it was just a reaction of amazement/astonishment that she was able to do it. It'll keep me sane until SRD graces us with the next book.
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