Shrug of God: If anything even remotely related to a theory for an upcoming book is mentioned to Paolini's face or asked in an interview, he always responds with, "no comment."
Word of God: Christopher Paolini answers a lot of questions about the Cycle, mostly in interviews. Just look at all the examples on this page alone!
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