Talk:Tam Song/@comment-174.109.158.107-20181218204440/@comment-174.109.158.107-20181218210200

Also, another reason I think Tam might have hurt someone that goes with the whole control thing is his interactions with Lady Zillah. When she's trying to convince him to learn how to use shadowflux, she says she can hear fear in his voice. He's either afraid of hurting anybody, or afraid of having the ability to hurt someone. Again, Tam has an incredible hold on his power, and I think on some level, he knows that. But it didn't seem enough for him. He seemed afraid that he wouldn't be able to handle it.

"You've already shown more potential in our sessions that any othr Shade I've ever worked with. And with the right discipline--"

"See, that's the thing though: I'm bad with discipline. Ask my Exillium coaches. They hated me."

He even goes so far as to deny commanding shadowflux at all, and seems to be uncomfortable with the idea of being able to do something Lady Zillah isn't.

"Remarkable," Lady Zillah breathed. "I knew your power was immense. But commanding shadowflux!"

"I didnt command it," Tam arged. "I just said I felt something cold."

"I'm not talking about the echoes. I'm talking about what you did to spare your friends after they were exposed. Commanding those shadows."

"Technically, I didn't command it," Tam corrected. "I just wrapped them in shadowvapor and commanded that."

If he hurt someone with his power, don't you think he'd do everything he possibly could to have the strongest control possible? Especially if he was going to spend who-knows-how-long right next to Linh 24/7 in Exillium?

I don't know, to me it seems like Tam doesn't like having serious power at his disposal. I'd really like to find out why.

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