On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 05:51:18PM -0400, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated Wed, 24 Jul 2002 1:11:46 PM Eastern > Standard Time, Mia McDavid <mia_mcdavid at attbi.com> writes: > > Spoilers for all nine Vlad books. > > > > > > > > > As for Sethra killing him, I believe the exact phrase was > "hamstring the yendi" which is pretty rude, since IIRC she > was addressing Vlad at the time. Yes, she was supposed to hamstring Dolivar, not kill him. Aliera claims she missed deliberately, and that she herself didn't say anything, implicating her in the guilt. "hamstring the yendi" is Aliera's phrase; Sethra wasn't around in that scene. > > It's fun thinking about the SF implications implied in > > Issola. ?Steve seems to be setting up a classic > > human-colony-stranded-on-alien-planet story. ?It must have > > been an awfully well established colony--not only did they Maybe they weren't stranded, at least until the Jenoine came and took over. -xx- Damien X-) the textcop