In a message dated Fri, 19 Jul 2002 11:44:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, rsuitor at cjwrfs.net writes: > 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. Well, Jack's not the one who should have been penalized since his side "won" - they managed to close the gateway. It's the witch and her familiar who were thus on the losing side (they wanted the gateway to open) and who should have been destroyed. Stacy