It's not clear in the series if she can use the Cut at all, but it's a question a potential season 2 could answer. In the show, Alina doesn't use the Cut at all, instead blasting her light around her as she usually does – and by doing so, she manages to save some of the town, as well as lead the skiff through the Fold. This basically means she can use her light abilities like a knife, and she breaks first the mast, then the entire skiff, with her powers. In the book, Alina also uses the Cut, a move only the Darkling was thought to be capable of performing. In the show, Mal and the Darkling both go overboard, and fight each other before a volcra drags Kirigan to his apparent death (of course, we know he survived). Plus, in the book, Alina calls to the assembled ambassadors for help and, when none of them come to her aid, she flees into the darkness with Mal – leaving the skiff and everyone on board to the mercy of the Fold and its gruesome volcra. This leads to a far more dramatic showdown than in the book, which is pretty much action-free. The most obvious difference between the book's ending and the Netflix series is that the Crows are present in the show. Alina also realizes that she can control her powers despite the Darkling killing the stag in both versions of the tale. In both, the Darkling takes Alina onto the skiff, and expands the Fold to swallow the town on the other side in darkness. The ending of the book and the show are fairly similar.
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