But the index would also include human exclusives—those defined by unrepeatable conditions. , the Lord of Lightning, is exclusive not because he is a unique person but because his condition (repeated resurrection by Thoros of Myr) is unrepeatable after Thoros’s death. Jon Snow ’s post-assassination return is a separate exclusive event, tied to Melisandre’s presence. Bran Stark as the Three-Eyed Raven is the ultimate exclusive: no other greenseer exists with his range of temporal and spatial vision. To be indexed here is to be a singularity, and in Martin’s world, singularities are always sought for exploitation or extermination.
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