Jag vet att detta är ett gammalt inlägg, men det har nyligen bekräftats i Oathbringer.
Dalinar gick för att besöka Nightwatcher för att glömma sin smärta från att han oavsiktligt mordade sin fru på The Rift. Dalinar gick in i en nedåtgående spiral efter den händelsen. Han blir "hemsökt" av minnet av henne och alla de oskyldiga han dödade den dagen.
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När minnena av Rift återvände, inser Dalinar äntligen varför han inte kommer ihåg sin frus namn.
The coward's route he'd obviously taken- though he could not yet remember his visit to the Nightwatcher, he knew what he'd asked for. Relief from this awful burden. The ability to lie, to pretend he had not done such horrible things.
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Dalinar möter faktiskt Nightwatcher och Odling själv.
Interaktion w / Nightwatcher:
What would you like? she asked. *Renown? Wealth? Skill? Would you like to be able to swing a sword and never tire?
"No," Dalinar whispered.
*Beauty? Followers? I can feed your dreams, make you glorious. Her dark mists wrapped around him. The tiny tendrils tickled his skin. She brought her face right up to his again. What is your boon?
Dalinar blinked tears, listening to the sounds of the children dying in the distance, and whispered a single word.
"Forgiveness."
Vid denna punkt förvirrar Dalinar om förlåtelse Nightwatcher. Odling tar sig själv i egna händer.
Interaktion med odling
Efter odling frågar Dalinar vad han vill:
"I asked the ardents," Dalinar said. "I didn't get what I wanted."
YOU GOT WHAT YOU DESERVED. THE TRUTH YOU HAVE CRAFTED FOR YOURSELVES.
"I am doomed then," Dalinar whispered, stopping in place. He could still hear those voices. "They weep, Mother."
She looked back at him.
"I hear them when I close my eyes. All Around me, begging me to save them. They're driving me mad.
THIS WILL BE YOUR BOON. I WILL NOT MAKE OF YOU THE MAN YOU CAN BECOME. I WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE APTITUDE, OR THE STRENGTH, NOR WILL I TAKE FROM YOU YOUR COMPULSIONS. BUT I WILL GIVE YOU... A PRUNING. A CAREFUL EXCISION TO LET YOU GROW. THE COST WILL BE HIGH.
"Please," Dalinar said. "Anything."
IN DOING THIS, I PROVIDE FOR HIM A WEAPON. DANGEROUS, VERY DANGEROUS, YET, ALL THINGS MUST BE CULTIVATED. WHAT I TAKE FROM YOU WILL GROW BACK EVENTUALLY. THIS IS PART OF THE COST. IT WILL DO ME WELL TO HAVE A PART OF YOU, EVEN IF YOU ULTIMATELY BECOME HIS. YOU WERE ALWAYS BOUND TO COME TO ME. I CONTROL ALL THINGS THAT CAN BE GROWN, NURTURED.
A BOON AND A CURSE the, Mother said. THAT IS HOW IT IS DONE. I WILL TAKE THESE THINGS FROM YOUR MIND. AND WITH THEM, I TAKE HER.
"You'll take..." He spoke with difficulty. "You'll take Evi from me?"
ALL MEMORIES OF HER. THIS IS THE COST. SHOULD I FORBEAR?
Dalinar squeezed his eyes shut. Evi...
He had never deserved her.
"Do it," he whispered.
Även om odling inte gav Dalinar den vanliga Nightwatcher boon / curse combo, gav hon honom en "beskärning". Det hävdas att Dalinar inte fick en boon / curse combo, men jag tror att han gjorde det. Odling tog alla minnen som orsakade Dalinar skuld (boonen). Med dessa minnen kommer alla minnen från Evi (förbannelsen).