Keron Kinara-williams
Keron Kinara-williams asked Peter V. Brett:

Thank you for answering my previous question. I know asking whether RI is alive was a little cheeky. The question I'd hope you answer is why you've made Arlen Bales sound like a country bumpkin? He was educated and appeared intelligent in his youth and was even esteemed by Jadir so you'd expect him to have a bright head on his shoulders and yet in his interactions with Renna he sounds as if he's a farm boy again.

Peter V. Brett Plenty of educated and intelligent people have regional accents. Arlen is adept at switching between accents, but chooses to speak in the way he did when he was growing up with Renna because it keeps him grounded by reminding him where he came from.

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