>> 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