On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 11:42:46 -0400, Starshadw at aol.com wrote: >The story states that the losing side is supposed to be destroyed. >Yet that doesn't happen. Not only does he save the world, but the >girl and her familiar and they should have been dead. Ahh. Yes. That was the Pack Rat's doing. They wound up, inadvertently, on the winning side. Brings up a good point. Just what defines that? Grey's earlier experience indicates that nominal adherence doesn't count for much. So why isn't Jack penalized? They all know him by now? Snuff redeems him in time by carping the baculum? Shows the virtue of keeping a bottle of good port on hand. Richard