Penney, Sean writes: Has Steve ever hinted at what species' those pre-Kieron houses that didn't survive to become one of the 17 were based on? I haven't seen it, but i would imagine they'd be based on other animals, such as kethna, darr, and norska. Heck, there might have even been an original Jhereg tribe. rone -- {Reagan's} presidency always reminded me of a remark made by a woman to Heywood Broun following Secretariat's victory in the Triple Crown. After the trauma of Vietnam and Watergate, she said, Secretariat had "restored her faith in humanity." I like to think Reagan was the Secretariat of the eighties. - Garry Trudeau