Talk:Kyle Marlon/@comment-4134422-20120415033327/@comment-350940-20120415131457

During one of the final chapters of Wiegenlied of Green, Kyle starts to wonder when everything started falling apart. He thinks back to a time when Keel showed him the Venom Sword and even offered to give it to Kyle.

Kyle refused, as he was feeling uneasy around the sword and felt that he would completely lose control if he kept it. He then goes on to reflect on how, even though he didn't take it, he later felt wild passion that he had trouble controlling, resulting in the whole fiasco with Michaela and the Green Hunting.

I don't know if this is brought up again in later books, nor is it clear just how much the sword influenced Kyle. (My guess is that it was definitely influencing him when he hugged Michaela and expressed a desire to abandon everything for her even after she had made it clear that she wasn't interested in a relationship with him, but I don't know if there's any solid confirmation unless Kyle himself talks about that scene later.)