Starshadw at aol.com writes: >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. Except that it's not clear that the losing side -is- destroyed; there's a lot of misinformation floating around, and it's clear that Jack expects to survive even if he loses (thus the Things). -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breath, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'