As I understand it, only in a sense. They require a host to possess— a body to inhabit. If that body is destroyed, they may simply find another.
Still, the nature of the Fade changes much: he may have lost this ability in being anchored to this world. In fact I suspect it to be the most likely case, though I'll not test that theory without cause.
...and I suggest you do not, either.
[In case this interview is potentially being given for the purpose of stabbing.]
Truly the apocalypse has already begun; Tassia has been sundered, its streams and lakes and seas turned to acid and its winds silenced. They’ve enlisted the aid of races at the outermost fringes of society.
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Still, the nature of the Fade changes much: he may have lost this ability in being anchored to this world. In fact I suspect it to be the most likely case, though I'll not test that theory without cause.
...and I suggest you do not, either.
[In case this interview is potentially being given for the purpose of stabbing.]
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I didn't recognize the design.
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—you knew others?
Here?
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[Harsh, the set of his voice. Gritted like stone. Like gravel.]
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[But if what he says is true— and Gabranth does indeed believe it to be— then Richard’s world is....]
I am sorry.