Melissa Fitzgerald <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. I think maybe Cawti isn't impressed by hired killers -- having been one herself, and all. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing list, see http://dragaera.info