*May contain spoilers....again*
So reading the Theresa e-book was an enjoyable experience, again as with previous one it was short, but was a fun read and good to be back in the Albion word. The book is set a few hundred years after Fable 1, as Theresa says on afew occasions about her age and how she's lived hundred of years, however she is still part of the material world, and as we find out requires a "hero" for protection (a far cry from here seeming invulnerability in F2 and her spirit like aurora.....but the journey she gets hurt by the darkness or something so maybe I'm off on a tangent here).
In the book we learn about how she's honed her other senses to be able to "see" the world around her, and also her ability to physically smell a hero and whether they chose a path of righteousness (fresh smell) or that of an unaligned hero (scent of brimstone). She quips to herself "How does one explain the notion of perceiving the world through sheer willpower", this really only adds to what fans already had known about here extremely developed power of will, but good to have more confirmation.
When it comes to her explaining how one of her other abilities works, that is - her visions of the future, she says "the future is in flux, but if a vision is triggered, it will be set." this tells us that time in the Fable world is fluid, with many alternatives in "flux" at any one time, and that Theresa herself doesnt exactly know what is going to unfold - if a vision is triggered - refers to the fact that if an individual touches her and a vision is experienced (it seems that something will always happen if you physically touch her, either a vision or she instantly knows all your thoughts and experiences), that vision is then set in stone and is the one that unfolds.
Additionally something that caught my fancy and maybe some here, whilst having a conversation she replies rather cryptically which the recipient questions, Thersea replies with “No, I should beg your pardon. Sometimes I’m unnecessarily cryptic. It’s becoming a habit with me. I should watch that.”
- This raises some questions, perhaps here cryptic nature just developed over the course of time, perhaps she only interacts with people when absolutely necessary, so perhaps when cryptic in the games we play maybe not all of it is intentional - she later reveals that she does like being cryptic when it suits her so not completely accidental, but some of it is.
Now for a super spoilery paragraph lol - At the end of the book we effectively have Theresa sacrificing one life for another, either directly or indirectly, but at this points she questions how or if she has the right to dangle peoples lifes and chose who is to live or not etc, indicating that this could have been her first experience with such responsibility, as she says herself "perpetrated a great evil". She then acknowledges " The scales must be balanced. And I cannot help but feel that I have set matters into motion that will lead to my own end."
She thinks that taking one heros life can only be evened by the end of her own?
The fable shorts overall in my opinion give us enough insight to some of the fable characters and gives us enough information while raising new questions to get the community talking about.
With the release of 2 books, 3 e-books and a 3rd full book being released soon, perhaps we should have a dedicated sub-forum for official Fable Literature
