[mark12_30]

Hey, I'm good at angst and the brink of despair. Bring it on.

Raefindan-- he will fight it, being a good sort, but surely-- if Amroth and Erebemlin are following her (porposefully) into the heart of all her darkness, Raefindan can't-- nor would he-- fend everything off that Tharonwe tries to throw at them.

There's couselling like that; bringing the victim into the heart of their darkness-- mentally returning to the crime scene at the time of the crime-- and THEN looking for Jesus in the midst of it, and sensing the freedom he brings. But the mental return to the crime scene is never easy. There's plenty of darkness there.

Tharonwe (here) can play thepart of the accuser very easily. If Amroth gets immersed in NImrodel's despair, and Nimrodel stays stuck in it, then they both lose. He doesn't have to kill them; their madness will be even better. And if even Erebemlin gets lost in the dark?

They will be walking back through all of Nimrodel's anguish. They will not find Amroth in any of it, not until they get back to the root of it (although echoes of the root's accusations will be howling all the time, she can't be free from it til she gets to the root itself.

Raefindan can't hope to solve any of it for Nimrodel; she has to hear the truth herself, back at the root of her lies. But he can provide some light-rays for Amroth and Erebemlin.

We can do this one dream at a time. THe first scene they recollect, and travel through, could be her travel into the vale they are in now, with its ghosts. There was also ice there, until recently. And it was full of Tharonwe's lies. We could start there.... ice. Hmm, which post was that...