Hallo I'm new here and may not ad anything usefull to this discussion.
I have been rereading the chapter were Taln is discussed and I can't shake the feeling that the person(who is or is not Taln) is still partly connected to damnation. It's like the body of Taln couldn't return fully.
I am not sure at this point of anything,but I Think that the "madman" is maybe sharing his mind with someone else. I hope I didn't stray the discusion anywhere.