David Silberstein wrote: >>Doesn't square with Khaavren's assertion that daughters take after >>mothers and that sons take after their fathers, does it? So, then, >>are sons named for their father's line, and then daughters are >>named for their mothe -- NO, BECAUSE OF ALIERA E'KIERON. > Ah, but Aliera is very unusual in more than one way. So perhaps > she's different in her lineage & naming & whatnot as well. But Steve > refuses to give clue one in that direction. I can readily see Aliera breaking convention on naming, if she was entitled to take "e'Kieron" but "convention" said otherwise. It's another excuse to challenge for a duel, after all, if anybody makes an issue of it. [Remember, the bit about levitating under longer gowns to disguise her height] Doug O. -- A cat is only domestic so far as suits its own needs. -- Heinlein * TagZilla 0.025 -- Always remember no matter where you go, there you are. * TagZilla 0.025