>> 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.
Or referring metaphorically to simply "taking one out of
commission". To be hamstrung is to be alive, but mostly
immobile.
-Rick