Stone 47

Chapter 47
Kahlan, who had apparently blacked out, starts to wake up. Something is poking in her mouth, and a voice is commanding her to swallow. O_O It turns out to be Chandelier, poking quassin doe, the magical anti-poison plant, in her mouth. We learn that, in honor of his warrior ancestors, Chandelier ate some quassin doe before battle, and that was why Prim's poison didn't kill him.
Prim is dead with Kahlan's knife in his chest, the knife made from Chandelier's grandfather's bone. Kahlan doesn't remember using the knife, so I guess the implication is that the spirit of Chandelier's grandfather did it? Possessed her arm, or animated the knife, or some such? I don't know. This scene is utterly pointless, since at no point will the Magical Ghost Knife ever be significant again. It would have flowed much more easily had Chandelier just stumbled in and killed Prim, instead of making me stop and think about this nonsense.
Kahlan apologizes to Chandelier for killing his friend, and Chandelier retorts that “He was not my friend. My friends do not try to kill me.” In addition to being the only character in the book who refuses to buy Kahlan's bullcrap, Chandelier also gets some of the few good lines. This guy is great.
Chandelier exposits that he and Tossy figured out that Prim was poisoning Kahlan with the tea, but Tossy refused to believe it. We learn that Prim's corpse is still there because, having used Grandfather's Bone Knife to kill with, Kahlan is now bonded to it and only she may touch it. Which, I guess, means that Chandelier never killed anyone with his sacred ancestral people-killing knife. Okay.
Kahlan pulls the knife out, wipes it clean, thanks the spirit of Chandelier's grandfather for saving her life then...kisses it. Because “it seemed the right thing to do.” Creepy.
Kahlan and Chandelier talk, and are actually civil with each other. Kahlan finally agrees that they can stop wasting time in the mountains and get on with their Save The Freaking World You Idiots quest. Kahlan says goodbye to the Child Soldiers, saying how awesome they are, and after she and Chandelier bicker pointlessly for a while, they and Orsk ride off together.
Drinks: None.
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