>From: Jose Marquez<jhereg69 at earthlink.net> >As an aside, I've always wondered about that whole Uncle Vlad deal. It's >possible that you're right, and that Vlad and Devera are blood relations. I >was raised in Panama, in a fairly traditional hispanic family; this means that >you have lots of "Aunts" and "Uncles" that aren't really related to you by >blood, but by their friendship to your parents and their frequent prescence >throughout your childhood. I suppose it wouldn't be considered polite for a >child to address an adult with the familiarity of a first name. It seems to me >that Vlad will always be close to Morrolan and Aliera (and he is Aliera's >brother by means of their souls), and thus be able to be considered an Uncle. I had always seen it this way. Having grown up in a middle class white family in Michigan, I too had "uncles" and "aunts" who were very close friends of my parents. I had never even thought of the possibility of Vlad actually being a real uncle until it was just mentioned. Of course, it makes complete sense, as Aliera does call Vlad brother (in the soul sense). I request that the members of the list to please continue removing my preconceptions. brad