Board Thread:Wiki News/@comment-2.248.109.177-20141205215617/@comment-26235944-20150424024055

Unverganglich wrote: Elizabeth: "Even so, she would've had to undergo the Contaminatio Ritualis while she was pregnant."

^ I think this is just a general statement that, during the time whe Adalind would have had to perform the ritual, she was pregnent at the time, and not that being pregenent was a prerequisite. Right. Exactly right. I think what is confusing to people, is the way that Elizabeth said this. It can be taken two ways...but only one of those is the correct way to get what she's saying. Elizabeth says "would've had to"...but she means it with regard to the timeline. Elizabeth knows that Adalind recently went through the Contaminatio Ritualis. She also knows that Adalind recently gave birth. In watching that scene, you see the visual clues of Elizabeth's reaction to this revelation. She sort of gasps and raises up her head & shoulders...and what she's saying is basically, "Wow, Adalind went through that ritual while she was pregnant?!" It's not like Elizabeth is saying that Adalind had to be pregnant in order to go through the ritual, but rather that she is surprised to learn that she had done so.