Thomas Yan wrote: > (I've been reread Cherryh's _Cyteen_, which, among other things, has > characters who are very good at reading body language and controlling > their own, in part because they do things like practice being cute by > watching themselves in videos and in the mirror....) > > How well do the races in the Dragaeran novels understand and > experience the concept of "cute"? > > *** Spoilers for Issola *** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <snip> > Hm. Since Vlad's got a narrow view of the world, it doesn't > necessarily mean much, but I don't remember there being anything like > psychologists... [1] <snip> I think that Physickers are who would preform any psycology at least I get that impression from a comment that Vlad made to Morrolan in Dragon page 25 "You are Perspicacious" "Yeah, but my physicker says it can be treated." "He means you're perceptive, boss." "I know that Loiosh." If physickers do deal with damage to the mind then they would in some part have a hand into what a psychologists does. You'd have to remember than when you are in a world where mind probes are something that exists the time spent with a subject talking to determine the problem would almost be wasted other than to help the subject see what the problem was, but again there is likely a better way to do that available to them on Dragaera. In the same stride I'd think that witchcraft might aid the Easterners in that realm however if there had to be something more similar to psychologists it's more liekly from the east.