In the last chapter Vade committed a crime against the State and in this one Selorin finds out. Selorin takes Vade to task on "seeing if I could get away with it". Do you believe Selorin is justified in his dressing down of Vade? I think Selorin is right in dressing Vade down even if Kudorin and the other brothers condone it and Xoe Voe participates in the duplicity. Vade acted impulsively while trying to see if he could get away with fooling someone that he was Bade.
“Get away with it?” Selorin repeated. “You wanted to see if you could get away with it?! You arrogant, self-absorbed fool, do you have any idea how many crimes are committed, how many lives are ruined, how many long-lasting consequences still reverberate through every community, because someone wanted to see if he could ‘get away with it?!’ If you-”
He and Selorin had argued before, but Selorin had never been like this, eyes flashing with anger, words lashing out at him, body rigid with righteous indignation. This wasn’t an argument, wasn’t a debate, wasn’t a theoretical exercise. Selorin was mad at him in a way he’d never expected and never wanted to experience again. Selorin’s anger hurt him in a place only family could gouge. Selorin seemed so genuinely offended, was taking this so seriously, he had to respect Selorin’s feelings on the matter, and didn’t offer a word in his own defense. Prepared to absorb Selorin’s anger and try to put everything back together later, he was surprised when Remin’s calm, authoritative voice said, from behind him, “Take one deep breath and two steps back, Diki.”
It is the idea behind the crime not the actual crime itself that has Selorin upset and frankly I think he expected better of Vadeas he pointed out later. I also think that Vade learned a valuable lesson about Selorin that broadened his understanding of Selorin and that is all good.
