But if it were just numbing the pain, surely Harry could do that before? And also, if it's just numbing the pain, it's not going to stop him bleeding to death or whatever. There has to be some sort of resistance to bullets as well as resistence to pain.

 

So far nice chapter.

 

probably a case of bullets being steel and denarians being magical beings so though they may hurt, they cannot truly harm them

 

Perhaps he gets some regenerative capabilities do quickly heal simple wounds. I don't actually know anything about it, but that's what I presume. Sure dimming the pain would let you function, but you would slowly bleed to death and the stomach acid would make a cocktail of your organs.

Besides that pleasant point, wonderful addition to the saga. I have one question, though. Will the sequel be centered more around The Dresden Files, or will it just be like that until the timeline catches up with the prologue?

 

Great chapter.

A bit inconsistent with books but great.

 

Damn, when did this go up? Not that I'm complaining, Shezza. As before, no holes...
Thralls probably can throw off the mind-influence. The talk Justin had with Dresden just before the climax in White Night, as far as I remember, showed her much more self-aware than Lara might think.
Anyway, good chapter, Shezza.

 

Nice fight.

 

From what I remember the only example of Denarians not being hurt by bullets was nicodemus' daughter and her demon form some shadowy octopus thing from the description ( I was reading it late so the memory is fuzzy) so I think her protection from bullets was more of a blob-like resistance when they hit her. (Sort of like the Pokemon Muk). Harry though has a different demon form so I would guess the reaction is different. I really don't know how I feel about the bullet thing because I imagine Harry similar to Nicodemus (only different demon form), and I'm pretty sure Nicodemus without the noose would be hurt by bullets.

Also I'm glad you mentioned Harry (Dresden) looking at the sword since he did have a strong connection to it, I would of liked to see him a bit more surprised a Denarian ended up with it but I can understand not wanting to confuse non-DF readers.

One small plot-hole though not significant (though it does irk me) is that it was mentioned in one of the books that Harry was supposed to find the new owner of the sword after Shijo (can't remember his name) died. In the book he believed that the connection to finding the new owner would be that the owner would somehow be connected with the King of Okinawa, since Shijo mentioned he was a descendant of the King. I thought it would be significant in relation to the new owner of the sword.

Also why is Harry having money problems? Does he not know he's well off, and has a bank full of gold?

 

Not entirely sure about the whole bullet shrugging thing. Atleast not unless you explain how it works better. It also adds some questions such as the mention in an earlier chapter about how the sword saved Harry's life by deflecting a bullet (ch2). Yet here Harry can ignore bullets so really he was not in danger. I suppose that bullet could have been aimed directly at his head or something.

Also what about the scar Harry got from Pettigrew? If Meciel possesses some ability to heal/protect her hosts then why does Harry even have it? On the other hand this kind of thing would be a good explanation on how Harry recovered from the injuries he got in the third task without medical assistance. I got the impression that the burns in his hands there were serious.

Personally the bullet thing might have been better explained if Harry had somehow partly morphed into his demon form or something. I mean he can manifest those wing things while remaining human so why not some bulletproof scales/skin on his chest or something.

 

Liked the new version where Meciel can simply heal Harrys body. You should keep this in mind however so that there is a consistency about this. I mean the mention about how Harry would feel the bruises he got from the beating by the vampire. If Meciel is capable of healing massive internal injuries caused by bullets then why in the world would she be incapable of healing a mere bruise caused by a physical blow? That makes no sense to me.

Also I thought it a bit odd that Dresden put the bank details in a garbage can. I mean what if some homeless person had looked there or something? Would have been a bit embarassing(and possibly fatal) to explain to Harry that his 50k had been emptied along with the trash.

Looking forward to the next chapter. I am quite curious to learn how Harry is going to get in trouble with the white council since he seems to be acting "good" for the moment in order to keep the sword. Not to mention his desire to stay in Dresdens good books in hope of more jobs.

 

Mostly skimmed over the chapter, liked it overall. This one stuck:

Ends on a rather amusing note.

Waiting for the next chapter.

 

With those bruises, I just took it as Meciel was busy trying to help Harry fight back against the vampire, leaving her to busy to worry about some little bruises. I thought it worked out fine.

 

What about afterward? Why would there be some timelimit on Meciel's healing? Besides. It took Harry just a few moments to take the vampire out. I admit this is a really minor thing but I figured it could not hurt to mention it since Shezza asked for feedback.

 

Interesting.

Nice last sentence.

 

actually a bruise is a mass of miniature ruptures. Healing that (never mind a large group of them) is most likely a waste of time and power compared to the pain they add. Whereas a gunshot wound is something you can treat with relative ease.

Forget the magic and think of normal medicine. a man has a deep cut somewhere, what do you do? Disinfect it, stitch it up and slap a bandadge on it. After 1 week it will have healed perfectly. Whereas everyone who ever had a true bruise (not a small thing, something like being hit by a slow moving car e.g.) knows that it takes aaaages to fully heal away and there isn't jack shit you can do to improve it.

 

Hey. About the whole bruise-bullet comparisons. My reasoning wasn't anything as complicated as people are suggesting. When Harry got shot, it hurt. Meciel numbed the pain, but it still hurt. When Harry got the bruises, it hurt. Even as Meciel starts healing them, it's going to hurt.

To tie that in, I've added a small line saying that some of the bruises were already healing. Thanks for all of your feedback for this chapter.

 

You are a machine.

 

“My dear boy?” Harry repeated slowly and paused. “Fucking hell, you’re here to rape me, aren’t you? Don’t lie to me, Dumbledore! I’ve heard all the rumours about you! Go stuff your dick in that oversized thanksgiving dinner of yours and bugger off!”

Golden!

 

I have nothing to say except, simply fantastic. The Portkey pass-sentences were cute.