Also, the Haruchai share mind-to-mind, a form of communication that would seem, hypothetically, to discourage innovation, especially given the importance of preserving racial and historical knowledge.

Oh, that's so messed up! That means that Linden is also responsible for Anele's distress and insanity (he's wandered around for years looking for something that isn't there because it was taken into the future).

:head reels:

Like Covenant's possessing his body?

On an external level, Covenant's leprosy is both the mechanism for and the symbol of his alienation from any sustaining form of human community (marriage, children, friends, etc.). This brings his inner Despiser to the fore. In a manner of speaking, it makes him a fertile field for what Lord Foul w...