being sent back along the loop
BUT .... if he is technically the same man that we've seen throughout our travels, does he also come back with both of his guns, or just one? (Remember, Susannah took one with her through a doorway, while the other was used to actually enter the Tower.) For that matter, how many FINGERS does this illiteration of Roland have? Was he magically healed and given his guns back this time around, as well as receiving the Horn of Eld?
>>>{game show announcer voice}<<< "Oh, we're so terribly sorry that you were sent back to the beginning, sir, but as a consolation prize, we're going to give you back your fingers and your guns! And, as a special bonus for showing that you do have a heart under that rough exterior, we're also going to reward you with ... this magnificent old bugle!"
(>>{off-mic whispering}<< "What? What was that? It's NOT a bugle?? You morons, I just ... I'll deal with this later")
"AHEM .... And as a special bonus, we're also going to reward you with this magnificent old HORN!!"
>>{cue canned audience applause track}<<