In a message dated Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:12:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, Damien Sullivan <phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes: > 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: >> >> 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 still rude to call him a yendi when talking to his reincarnation. I can't help wondering if there really was a yendi involved; yes, I know snakes don't have hamstrings, but that could be referring to severing the spinal column. --KG