I can't seem to locate your second point. I hope I didn't snip it.shadowbinding shoe wrote:Two points I wanted to add:
First - I believe the contradiction in Cable Seadreamer's Earthsight vision is explained by him not having one vision but two different ones.
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This I think is the real shadow they suffer from. That quote strengthen it. The outside-world which is a "shadow cast by Elemesnedene" is something that frightens them because it threatens their immortal existence. Over time this stance became more and more entrenched so that while at first they were kind enough to at time be nice and listen to tales and give boons to visitors like the giants now they rebuff even those minimal contacts as too dangerous. The more unpleasant they are to outsiders the less chance there is that outsiders will manage to touch them.
The history you are referring to has been shown to endanger the lives of individual Elohim. But this "shadow" is a threat to the entire race, something as significant as the Worm which was at rest or slumbering. Even LF, a thousand millennia ago, failed to have an effect on the Worm. Berek did not affect it. The only dangerous influence has been shown to be visitors from outside Time.