Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:19 pm
I get the idea that the Ranyhyn are aware of things that 'will' happen.. They can navigate time only in the sense of knowing when certain things will happen and being sure to be there at that time. Perhaps since they are so much beings of earthpower they have some awareness of the arch of time and thus the flows of time.
So being aware of time and leaving so you can get there when you are supposed to... does that always work? Remember in 'The Power that Preserves" the Ranyhyn jumped between Pietten and Covenant and took a spear meant for TC.
My guess for this would be that the Ranyhyn was delayed by (wolves, fire, flood, etc etc ) and arrived a few seconds later than it needed to. So just because they are aware of time and how it flows doesnt mean that they are able to create a movement in time to get somewhere... like a timeslip.
So being aware of time and leaving so you can get there when you are supposed to... does that always work? Remember in 'The Power that Preserves" the Ranyhyn jumped between Pietten and Covenant and took a spear meant for TC.
My guess for this would be that the Ranyhyn was delayed by (wolves, fire, flood, etc etc ) and arrived a few seconds later than it needed to. So just because they are aware of time and how it flows doesnt mean that they are able to create a movement in time to get somewhere... like a timeslip.