Sprog

[catwithcreamy.livejournal.com]

I've always been a bit surprised that there's no reaction from Patrick on Sprog's death in PR - have I missed it somewhere? I know Nicola feels a bit distanced from him by the whole Gondal thing , but still....anyone else found that strange?

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[colne-dsr.livejournal.com]

Patrick was quite happy to abandon Sprog in Falconer's Lure. He didn't even want to bother taking off his jesses. I think Patrick was slightly too much in love with the power and grandeur of the hawks, and not with the individual bird itself.

Or if that sounds harsh, maybe it's just that he loved Regina and Jael, and Sprog was just an add-on who he didn't particularly care for. So by the time Nick got round to telling him Sprog was dead, a day or two later when she'd got her emotions under control, Patrick didn't realise just how much it meant to her, so his reaction wasn't worth reporting.

[liadnan]

I think it's the latter plus the Gondal thing. I don't have the books on me but in Falconer's Lure isn't the idea that he couldn't bear keeping Sprog around after the other two were gone.

[catwithcreamy.livejournal.com]

I think you're right when you say that Patrick didn't realise how much Sprog meant to Nick, although I would hate to feel he's as unperceptive as all that - more blinded by Gondal probably?