The Pathetic Fallacy On Avalon

Vodan is going to war. He travels early to avoid being delayed by a storm. They have had three whirldevils recently. Avalonian weather is more turbulent than Terrestrial. Nevertheless, there is pathetic fallacy in the simultaneous approach of war and storms.

The fallacy enters the conversation. After Arinnian has challenged Hrill:

"She considered him for a while that grew. Lightning moved closer on heavy gusts. His rage ebbed and he must fight not to lower his eyes, not to cringe."
-Poul Anderson, Rise Of The Terran Empire (New York, 2011), p. 509.

Do we notice that Hrill's response and the lightning approach together? Before long, she leaves because, if she stayed, they would:

"'...brew one cyclone of a squabble.'" (p. 510)

So the bad weather has got into her dialogue.