Hoid's feelings for Rayse

[Jame Starmade]

In the intro to chapter 72 of WoR there is a section of a letter written to a person who I assume to be Hoid. 

It is talking about Rayse and how the author of the letter thinks he is now simply a force, a slave to his Shard. 

It then states that the recipient of the letter (Hoid potentially) insists that this is not the case. 

I'm not sure what to make of this but it does seem interesting that Hoid would insist that Rayse has not been completely taken over by his Shard.

[DeTess she/her]

Looking at the letter from WoK, this argument seems to be about Hoid blaming Rayse personally for what happened, while the other claims Rayse is gone and is now just a force of nature (against whom it would be pointless to hold a grudge).

[Vissy]

Do we even know that Rayse is a he?

[Yata he/him]

19 minutes ago, Rob Lucci said:

Do we even know that Rayse is a he?

From the letter:

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He holds the most frightening and terrible of all the Shards

 

[Jame Starmade]

11 hours ago, randuir said:

Looking at the letter from WoK, this argument seems to be about Hoid blaming Rayse personally for what happened, while the other claims Rayse is gone and is now just a force of nature (against whom it would be pointless to hold a grudge).

Thanks that makes a lot of sense. It's interesting that a theme in WoK is that revenge and vengeance aren't ever the right path to take. Maybe Hoid could learn from what is happening around him.