Yes, I agree. It's one thing to not know but it's a whole 'nother thing to know and still bash your spouse for it. It was my impression that even though Vlad kills Dragaerans, he doesn't have a deep hatred of the race. On Friday, June 7, 2002, at 12:18 PM, Starshadw at aol.com wrote: > I agree that we are only seeing Vlad's side. However, your last > comment struck a chord with me. > > "Her spouse was a hired killer - it doesn't get much worse than that." > > Cawti was also a hired killer - and a damn good one, by everything > we've read/seen. It's not as if she married Vlad not knowing what he > did for a living; heck, at the time they married, they were both in the > same business. > > This is why her attitude and actions bothered me so much. If she > hadn't been an assassin at one time, if she hadn't known what Vlad did > at the time they got married.....then I might be a bit more > understanding. > > Stacy > > > In a message dated Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:41:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > meersan at mn.astound.net writes: > >> Ok, I can't agree with all the Cawti slamming. It's painfully obvious >> that >> in _Teckla_ we only hear Vlad's side of the story. Vlad feels >> irritated >> and maddened by Cawti's seemingly inexplicable behavior, so we do, >> too. I >> think, from what we learn in _Orca_, that Cawti's motivation becomes >> much >> more understandable. At any rate, she had a great deal of courage to >> confront Vlad and eventually leave him. Her spouse was a >> hired killer--it >> doesn't get much worse than that. > > > -------- Read The World at the Edge of Time, my new book! http://homepage.mac.com/christurkel