KG wrote [in part]: >"Casey Rousseau" <casey at trinityhartford.org> writes: > > [KG] wrote: > >> I like the way you speculate; have you given any thought > >> to where Kiera was when Stony died? That one's been > >> bugging me for years, becuase you can't blame it on > >> unreliable narrators or even typoes. > > > > Hmm. I was just rereading _Orca_ a week or so ago and did > > not notice any continuity blips. > > > > You mentioned this bit a few days back and it didn't > > register, but can you point me to why this one is bugging > > you? Are you thinking that Kiera was involved in making > > Stony et al. unrevivifiable? Seems to me she was busy > > doing other things while Vlad was visiting Vonnith, but > > I'd have to go back to do a close read of those couple > > chapters to be certain. > > It is kinda subtle due to the format of the book and the fact > that Vlad and Kiera were doing separate things for a couple > days. Here's what I understand happened: > > Kiera gets people upset, waits for reaction. > Couple Jhereg goons escort her to Stony, they talk. > Kiera is worried then, so she *hurries* back to Blue Cottage. > She arrives almost exactly *one day* after Vlad kills Stony. > My question: Where was she when Stony died? Hmm. Was that the day she went home?