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[zengar]

The problem with writing heavily speculative fiction is apparently keeping track of the implications of the capabilities you give your characters. Especially, as in the case of a book I'm reading right now, if they include something like the magical ability to tell truth from lies. How can the main characters friends be unable to protect him from charges of treason if he could just answer the charges under the effects of such a spell? Especially since several of his friends have previously been shown to be fully aware of such spells? They would be even more likely to think of that solution than I am as reader so if an editor removed some exposition as to why that wouldn't work, well I don't think it says anything complimentary about the editor. And if the author forgot about it, either the editor or some proofreader along the line ought to have brought it up.